UK-India call for wider use of vaccines
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New Delhi: A recent study by British Economist Lord Jim O'Neil, Chairman of the Review on Anti Microbial Resistance (AMR) has come up with path breaking recommendations which challenge the prevalent practices on drug resistance.
The 6th report on the Review on Anti Microbial Resistance was published on February 11 that sets out that there are too few vaccines and alternative approaches to antibiotics available for doctors to use to tackle many of our most urgent drug resistance threats. More investment needs to go into developing these products.
O'Neill said that the problem of drug-resistant infections could be compared to a slow-motion car crash - one that has sadly already begun. 700,000 people are already dying every year from resistant infections, rising to 10 million a year by 2050 without action to hit the brakes now.
He added that antibiotics are important to tackle this threat, but if we can encourage the development and use of vaccines and other alternatives we give the world a better chance of beating drug-resistance.
The 6th report on the Review on Anti Microbial Resistance was published on February 11 that sets out that there are too few vaccines and alternative approaches to antibiotics available for doctors to use to tackle many of our most urgent drug resistance threats. More investment needs to go into developing these products.
O'Neill said that the problem of drug-resistant infections could be compared to a slow-motion car crash - one that has sadly already begun. 700,000 people are already dying every year from resistant infections, rising to 10 million a year by 2050 without action to hit the brakes now.
He added that antibiotics are important to tackle this threat, but if we can encourage the development and use of vaccines and other alternatives we give the world a better chance of beating drug-resistance.
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