{"id":380083,"date":"2010-03-02T04:08:59","date_gmt":"2010-03-02T09:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.disinfo.com\/?p=23727"},"modified":"2010-03-02T04:08:59","modified_gmt":"2010-03-02T09:08:59","slug":"norway-conquers-infections-by-cutting-use-of-antibiotics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/380083","title":{"rendered":"Norway Conquers Infections By Cutting Use of Antibiotics"},"content":{"rendered":"

Martha Mendoza and Margie Mason report on the AP via the Miami Herald<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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\"PillsOSLO, Norway \u2014 <\/strong>Aker University Hospital is a dingy place to heal. The floors are streaked and scratched. A light layer of dust coats the blood pressure monitors. A faint stench of urine and bleach wafts from a pile of soiled bedsheets dropped in a corner.<\/p>\n

Look closer, however, at a microscopic level, and this place is pristine. There is no sign of a dangerous and contagious staph infection that killed tens of thousands of patients in the most sophisticated hospitals of Europe, North America and Asia last year, soaring virtually unchecked.<\/p>\n

The reason: <\/strong>Norwegians stopped taking so many drugs<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Twenty-five years ago, Norwegians were also losing their lives to this bacteria. But Norway\u2019s public health system fought back with an aggressive program that made it the most infection-free country in the world. A key part of that program was cutting back severely on the use of antibiotics.<\/p>\n

Now a spate of new studies from around the world prove that Norway\u2019s model can be replicated with extraordinary success, and public health experts are saying these deaths \u2014 19,000 in the U.S. each year alone, more than from AIDS \u2014 are unnecessary.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Read More: AP via the Miami Herald<\/a><\/p>\n

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