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Antimicrobial Resistance: While many diseases continue to threaten the world, antimicrobial resistance is now causing fear. The United Nations General Assembly is preparing to hold its second high-level meeting on the disease, as a new study emphasizes the urgent need for decisive, global action to tackle the growing threat.
This disease can take the lives of many people
A new report has revealed that between now and 2050, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) infections are estimated to directly cause more than 39 million deaths, while AMR bacteria may be indirectly responsible for up to 169 million deaths.
An atmosphere of fear prevails in the Indian subcontinent as well ,
This dire prediction comes from the first in-depth analysis of the global health impact over time by the Global Research on Antimicrobial Resistance (GRAM) project. The study, published in The Lancet, provides information on AMR trends from 1990 to 2021 and estimates potential impacts by 2050 for 204 countries and territories. It is feared that South Asian countries such as India, Pakistan and Bangladesh will be disproportionately affected by the disease.
This disease has become a challenge
“Antimicrobial resistance occurs when microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses, fungi and viruses no longer respond effectively to medicines, making infections more difficult to treat and increasing the risk of disease spread, severe illness and death,” said Rajaraman Ary, professor of immunology and gut health at RMIT University in Australia. “The emergence of antimicrobial resistance poses a serious challenge to modern medicine, potentially reversing decades of medical progress.”
Based on 520 million individual records from multiple sources, including hospital data, death records and antibiotic use data, historical AMR burden estimates were produced for 22 pathogens, 84 pathogen-drug combinations and 11 infectious syndromes across all age groups. Based on current trends, the researchers estimate that annual deaths attributable to AMR will increase to 1.91 million by 2050, and deaths in which AMR has a role to play will increase to 8.22 million. This is an increase of 67.5% and 74.5%, respectively, compared to 2021.