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Pakistan Patients Prescribed More than Twice WHO-Recommended Medicines, Study Finds

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Doctors in Pakistan prescribe an average of 4.2 medicines per patient, more than twice the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) recommended range, while only a quarter of medicines are prescribed by their generic names, according to a new study. The findings are based on a review of 15 studies covering hospitals and clinics in Punjab, Khyber […]
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Pakistan Live News broke the news on Monday, September 14, 2026.
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