A recent study in Bangladesh, for example, concluded that antibiotics provided by so-called “village doctors,” often operating from market stalls, contributed to declines in mortality from post-natal sepsis and childhood pneumonia. But there is also considerable evidence that the drugs being provided are of varying quality and are frequently taken unnecessarily.
Eine vor kurzem in Bangladesch durchgeführte Studie kam beispielsweise zu dem Schluss, dass Antibiotika, die von oftmals an Marktständen praktizierenden, so genannten „Dorfärzten“ angeboten werden, zum Rückgang der Sterblichkeit bei postnataler Sepsis und kindlicher Lungenentzündung beitrugen.