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∞ The percentage of patients prescribed antibiotics is high in all countries.∞ Prescribing ∞ The percentage of injections of patients is still prescribed very highantibiotics in low-income is high incountries.all countries.∞ Prescribing of injections is still very high in low-income countries.100 Andrea Gardellin, Abraham Gebre GiorgisFigure 13. Medicines labelling and patient knowledge about useFigure Figure 13. 13. Medicines Medicines labelling and andpatient knowledge knowledge about about use use• ∞The adequacy of of labelling of prescription of items items varied varied widely between widely countries. between countries.Four outof oflabelling five patients of prescription knew how to take items their varied medicines widelywhen between interviewed countries. immediately∞ The∞adequacy∞ Four• Fourout afterof out the five medicines of fivepatientspatients were knew dispensed. knewhowhowto taketo taketheirtheirmedicinesmedicineswhenwheninterviewedinterviewedimmediatelyafter the medicines were dispensed.immediately after the medicines were dispensed.Table 17. Quality of treatment of diarrhoea and acute respiratory infectionsTable 17. Quality of treatment of diarrhoea (ARIs) and acute respiratory infections(ARIs)Table 17. Quality of treatment of diarrhoea and acute respiratory infections (ARIs)∞∞∞∞ Oral rehydration solution (ORS) is commonly used to treat paediatric diarrhoea and firstlineantibiotics are usually given to treat paediatric pneumonia in low- and middle-incomecountries.Oral∞rehydrationThe use of antidiarrhoealssolution (ORS)or antispasmodicsis commonlyforusedtreatingto treatdiarrhoeapaediatricin childrendiarrhoeais low.and firstlineantibiotics are usually given to treat paediatric pneumonia in low- and middle-income• ∞ Oral There rehydration was a high solution rate of prescribing (ORS) is antibiotics commonly forused acuteto respiratory treat paediatric infections, diarrhoeaand first-line antibiotics are usually given to treat paediatric pneumo-most ofwhich will not respond to antibiotics.countries.The use nia of in antidiarrhoeals low- and middle-income or antispasmodics countries. for treating diarrhoea in children is low.There • The wasuse a high of antidiarrhoeals rate of prescribing or antispasmodics antibiotics for for acute treating respiratory diarrhoea infections, chil-willis not low. respond to antibiotics.most ofwhichdren• There was a high rate of prescribing antibiotics for acute respiratory infections,most of which will not respond to antibiotics.