AKIPRESS.COM - Mongolia’s antibiotics consumption is the highest among 65 countries of the world, according to World Health Organization (WHO) report on Surveillance of Antibiotic Consumption published in November 2018.

WHO uses a measurement called a defined daily dose (DDD) – the average dose a patient needs every day – to compare drug consumption rates between countries. Mongolia had 64 DDD, per 1,000 inhabitants per day.

The report presents 2015 data on the consumption of systemic antibiotics from 65 countries and areas: four from the African Region, six from the Region of the Americas, 46 from the European Region, three from the Eastern Mediterranean Region and six from the Western Pacific Region.

WHO uses a measurement called a defined daily dose (DDD) – the average dose a patient needs every day – to compare drug consumption rates between countries.

According to the report, Iran had the second highest rate of antibiotic use with a consumption rate of 38.78 DDD followed closely by Turkey with a 38.18 usage rate.

The country with the lowest rate of antibiotic use was Burundi in east Africa whose consumption amounted to only four DDD per 1,000 inhabitants per day. Azerbaijan was also among the countries with the lowest rate of antibiotic use at around seven DDD.