Tag: antibiotics stewardship
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Feeling sick and antibiotics not working? WHO warns of quickly spiraling antibiotic resistance and how to check
The global alarm: antibiotic resistance is rising fast Antibiotics, once hailed as miracle medicines, are losing some of their power. A recent World Health Organization (WHO) report shows that between 2018 and 2023, resistance rose in more than 40% of monitored bacteria-antibiotic combinations. In practical terms, infections that were easy to treat are becoming stubborn,…
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WHO Warns of Widespread Antibiotic Resistance: A Global Call to Action
Global alarm: one in six infections with resistant bacteria in 2023 The World Health Organization (WHO) released a stark new report showing that about one in six laboratory-confirmed bacterial infections causing common illnesses worldwide in 2023 were resistant to antibiotic treatments. The findings, drawn from the WHO Global Antimicrobial Resistance and Use Surveillance System (GLASS),…
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Sharp Global Rise in Antibiotic-Resistant Infections in Hospitals, WHO Finds
Overview: A Growing Hospital Threat Hospitals around the world are reporting an alarming uptick in infections that no longer respond to standard antibiotic treatments. The World Health Organization’s Global Antibiotic Resistance Surveillance data show that in 2023, one in six laboratory-confirmed bacterial infections were resistant to antibiotics. Across 104 countries, more than 23 million infections…