<br><div class="gmail_quote">From: <b class="gmail_sendername">massimo serventi</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ser20@hotmail.it">ser20@hotmail.it</a>></span><br><br><br>
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I've worked in several countries, african and asian, the music is the same: children are overmedicated, too many and Unecessary drugs, especially antibiotics. I feel alone, nobody seems concern on this issue. Now I read this FDC, although I don't understand its basics it seems to me related to my concern.<br>
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IMCI cost a big amount of money, the aim was to optimize the use of drugs in children. Honestly I don't find IMCI applied in practice, not at all. <br>
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I have few proposals for which I would like to have the opinion of colleagues in the world.<br>
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1) It should NEVER be accepted a prescription of more that 2 drugs per child, never, under ANY circumstance. One drug per child is OK, 2 drugs are possible, 3 NEVER! <br>
2) Prescription of drugs AND delivery of the same drugs should never occur in the same building or dispensary if you like. Conflict of interest is clear here.<br>
3) Widal test should be banned from ANY health centre, hospital whatsoever. Banned, regarded as dangerous, for patients, for the the art of medicine.<br>
4) A ordinary out patient dept(ambulatory) should prescribe NO MORE than 15-2% of antibiotics to children. In other words only 1 out of 10 children should be treated with an antibiotic, maximum 2 out of 10. NEVER more that this percentage.<br>
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It should be clearly written on the walls of any ambulatory that the majority of children febrile diseases are of VIRAL origin, therefore they are not susceptible to antibiotics and heal Spontaneously,some paracetamol will suffice.<br>
It should also be written that drugs are dangerous(!!), expensive(!!!), the good doctor is the one who prescribe less and REVIEW more, after one or two days, come again in case of no improvement.....<br>
<br><u> I want the opinion of other doctors, pediatrician like me</u>. I repeat...I feel alone, the market is there to win, drugs are flowing into African countries, expensive(poor , poor people deprived of the little money they have!!) we all should be serious, honest and concerned. Respect for the poor, respect for medicine.<br>
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Massimo Serventi<br>
Pediatrician<br>
Dodoma<br>
Tanzania<br>
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From: <b>Gopal Dabade</b> <span dir="ltr"><></span><br>
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