
Over-use of antibiotics kills thousands annually in Egypt and Sudan
The story dates back to November 2021, when her father developed an infection and symptoms of coughing, sweating, shaking chills, fever and chest pain. He was diagnosed with pneumonia and given standard antibiotics, but they didn’t work; he needed stronger, more expensive drugs. After trying different things with no improvements, the doctors told Nada there was nothing they could do for him, she recalls in Cairo, crying.