One of the greatest discoveries of science — antibiotics, are being prescribed by doctors worldwide — because they save lives.
But Uga Dumpis thinks there is a problem: he advocates that the use of antibiotics should be reduced dramatically, and in the next five years. Watch his talk to find out why.
Uga Dumpis is a certified epidemiologist and an infectious disease specialist, head of Department of Infection Control at Pauls Stradins Clinical University Hospital and a professor at the Faculty of Medicine of University of Latvia. Uga has co-authored many international published research papers, and in the 1990s studied the spread of infectious diseases in Africa as a clinical research fellow for University of Oxford.
Uga is currently not only working as the leading epidemiologist at Stradins Clinical University Hospital, but also researching anthropological factors affecting antibiotics prescription trends among doctors as well as the use of antibiotics among the general public.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at [ Ссылка ]
