Drug-resistant diseases could kill 10 million annually by 2050: UN

The report released by Interagency Coordination Group on Antimicrobial Resistance (IACG) on Monday also finds that by 2030, antimicrobial resistance could force up to 24 million people into extreme poverty.

UN, international agencies and experts demand immediate, coordinated and ambitious action to avert a potentially disastrous drug-resistance crisis.

Antimicrobial resistance is a growing problem in India and is making it particularly hard to treat diseases like Tuberculosis (TB), childhood sepsis and malaria. It is estimated that annually at least 7,00,000 deaths occur from antibiotic-resistant infections in low- and middle-income countries. This includes 2,30,000 people who die from multidrug-resistant TB.

More and more common diseases, including respiratory tract infections, sexually transmitted infections and urinary tract infections, are untreatable; lifesaving medical procedures are becoming much riskier, and our food systems are increasingly precarious.

The world is already feeling the economic and health consequences as crucial medicines become ineffective. The report emphasises that without investment from countries in all income brackets, future generations will face the disastrous impacts of uncontrolled antimicrobial resistance.

 

 

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