New Delhi: Drug-resistant superbugs and infections remain a major threat to the public health. According to a recent global analysis, it has been predicted that infections of drug-resistant superbugs are predicted to claim the lives of around 40 million individuals over the next 25 years. The prediction, as per the researchers is a matter of concern and some action should be taken to avoid a serious scenario. The scientists released the global analysis on Monday.
Superbugs are not ordinary germs or infections. They are pathogens that have evolved in these years to resist most of the antibiotics. The global analysis has been constructed as the first study to identify and calculate the impact of superbugs globally over the coming years. They also estimated the amount of damage they could cause.
Over a million people are going to die
As per The Lancet report, more than a million people died from the superbugs also known as antimicrobial resistance (AMR), between the year across the world between 1990 and 2021. Among children under the age of five years, the death rate fell by over 50 per cent over the past three decades, as per the study. This was possible because proper measures were taken to prevent and control the rate of infections in infants.
However, it is very difficult to treat infections in children who catch superbugs. Mortality in the older population over 70 has spiked to over 80 per cent over the same time, as the ageing population has become quite prone to the infection. The study further noted that deaths due to infections of MRSA, a kind of staph bacteria that has become resistant to various antibiotics and the number has doubled to 130,000 in 2021 as compared to the last three decades.
The threat is real
On the basis of the current trends, the count of direct deaths from AMR would spike by 67 per cent to touch nearly two million a year by 2050. According to the modelling, this will also play a major role in a further 8.2 million annual deaths and a jump of nearly 75 per cent.
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