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16th February 2023

Science & Technology

Context:

India as the current G-20 president and a vulnerable country has a key role in ensuring that AMR remains high on the global health agenda.

Antimicrobial Resistance and Global concerns:

Global public health response has been threatened due to the rising misuse and overuse of antibiotics in humans and animals.
Microbial resistance to antibiotics has made it harder to treat infections such as pneumonia, tuberculosis (TB), blood poisoning (septicaemia) and several food-borne diseases.
In 2019, AMR was associated with an estimated 4.95 million human deaths. A 2018 report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) warned of a phenomenal increase, by 2030, in resistance to backup antibiotics (second and third-line).

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GS Analyst: Daily Current Affairs