We're losing the war against drug-resistant infections faster than we thought
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- #WHO Report
- #Global Health
- #Antibiotic Resistance
- 1 in 6 global infections show antibiotic resistance, per WHO.
- 40% of antibiotics for common infections lost effectiveness in 5 years.
- Antimicrobial resistance causes 1.2M deaths yearly, contributes to 5M.
- Resistance spikes in low/middle-income countries with weak health systems.
- Weak surveillance and misuse of antibiotics fuel resistance.
- Lack of access to effective antibiotics worsens resistance in poorer nations.
- Resistance growing in first-choice antibiotics like carbapenems and fluoroquinolones.
- 48% of countries didn’t report resistance data to WHO last year.
- New antibiotic development lags behind the growing resistance threat.
- Without progress, surgeries, chemotherapy, and other medical care could be at risk.