Over one million people die annually due to antibiotic resistance

It was already known that antibiotic resistance claims hundreds of thousands of lives worldwide each year, with previous studies predicting that by 2050, this crisis could result in 10 million deaths annually. However, a far more comprehensive study published in The Lancet reveals that we are hurtling toward that grim milestone much sooner than anticipated.

The report, titled “Global Research on Antimicrobial Resistance (GRAM),” estimates that in 2019 alone, more than 1.2 million people died as a direct result of antibiotic failure caused by the emergence of resistant bacteria.
 
This staggering toll positions antibiotic resistance as one of the leading causes of death globally, with 1.2 million fatalities—surpassing even HIV/AIDS (860,000 deaths) and malaria (640,000 deaths).
 
Common infections, once easily treatable with available antibiotics, have now become deadly as bacteria develop resistance, rendering these drugs ineffective.
 

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