AMR - The Silent Global Threat: Why It Demands Immediate Action!
AMR is a top global public health threat, estimated to have directly caused 1.27 million deaths in 2019 and contributed to a total of 4.95 million deaths. By 2050, up to 10 million deaths could occur annually.*
Factors such as inadequate lab infrastructure, lack of awareness, and stagnation in new antibiotic development have exacerbated the issue. With no new classes of antibiotics introduced in over three decades, the world faces rising treatment failures and increased mortality rates.
*Source: Lancet 2019 (Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in 2019: a systematic analysis)