April 13, 2025

Three million child deaths linked to drug resistance

 BBC -  More than three million children around the world are thought to have died in 2022 as a result of infections that are resistant to antibiotics, according to a study by two leading experts in child health.

Children in Africa and South East Asia were found to be most at risk.

Antimicrobial resistance - known as AMR - develops when the microbes that cause infections evolve in such a way that antibiotic drugs no longer work.  It has been identified as one of the biggest public health threats facing the world's population.

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