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The number of lives lost to infections that are resistant to the medications intended to treat them could increase nearly 70 per cent globally by 2050, a new study projects — further showing the burden of the ongoing superbug crisis. Cumulatively, from 2025 to 2050, more than 39 million deaths across the world could be directly attributable to antimicrobial resistance, or AMR, according to the study published in The Lancet.
Using statistical modelling, the researchers also produced estimates of deaths and illnesses attributable to AMR by 2050 in three scenarios: if the current climate continues, if new potent antibiotic drugs are developed to target resistant pathogens, and if the world has improved quality of health care for infections and better access to antibiotics.
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