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Ibrahim Ahmed mixes honey with Penicillin V and administers it if any family member suffers from cough and cold. "The kids don't like to take antibiotics straight; when you mixed it with sweet honey, they eagerly take it," the father of three said.
Ahmed, from Napogbakole community at Wa municipality in the country's Upper West region, grinds the penicillin into powder, pour it into a small container of honey and stirs until the two mixes well.
Misuse of antibiotics is one of leading cause of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) - a point when microorganisms (bacteria, viruses, fungi and some parasites) withstand therapeutic effects of antimicrob...