US EditionSpread of Drug-Resistant Superbugs Surging, WHO Warns
- The World Health Organization warned on Oct 13 that nearly 40% of antibiotics became ineffective between 2018 and 2023 after analyzing more than 23m bacterial infections from 104 countries.
- Rampant misuse of antibiotics in humans, animals and food production, weak surveillance in many countries, and a thin tests and treatments pipeline have driven the rise in resistance in recent years.
- WHO data show drug resistance caused 4.71 million deaths, with 1.14 million directly attributed, and in 2023 one in six infections showed antibiotic resistance.
- The WHO warned failing antibiotic effectiveness makes minor injuries and common infections potentially deadly, with the highest resistance in the South-east Asian and Eastern Mediterranean regions and 48 per cent of countries not reporting AMR data.
- Dr Manica Balasegaram warned that AMR deaths could rise 70 percent by 2050 as resistance to third-generation cephalosporins hits 40% in E. coli and 55% in Klebsiella pneumoniae among eight common bacterial pathogens.
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The World Health Organization warns that the growing resistance of bacterial infections to key antibiotics poses a threat to global health.
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