If antibiotic consumption continues at the current rate, Europe could regress to a pre-antibiotic era, when frequent infections such as bacterial pneumonia could prove fatal. However, antibiotic resistance has been declared one of the antibiotic resistance groups by the World Health Organization (WHO).
Top 10 threats to public health faced by mankind. Therefore, according to data published by the United Nations Inter-Agency Coordination Group (IACG) on Antimicrobial Resistance,
Drug-resistant diseases could kill more than 10 million people 2050.This will be one of the topics analyzed in the report
BIOSPAIN 2023 Plan, a reference event in the field of biotechnology will be held in Barcelona from September 26th to 28th. To delve deeper into the topic, Manuel Cotarelo, medical director of infectious diseases at MSD in Spain, explained that “we are facing a global public health problem that worsens every year, despite repeated warnings from the scientific community about the need This resistance to stopping this progress is about saving lives. ”
How to avoid millions of deaths every year
Currently, approximately 90 drugs are in development to combat infections that are resistant to existing treatments. These potential drugs are designed to combat 17 different pathogens, and many of them are being studied simultaneously for effectiveness in several of them. In general, antibiotic resistance can develop with any type of antibiotic, especially if used incorrectly. In expert words, the selection of resistance to last-resort antibiotics, which are often reserved for more serious infections and often when there are no other appropriate treatment options, is particularly concerning. To prevent these resistances from killing millions of people every year, it is necessary to stop the inappropriate use of antibiotics.According to analysis “High rates of resistance to the latest generation of antibiotics” such as carbapenems (broad-spectrum antibiotic), in several European countries. The paper’s conclusion is clear: Antibiotic resistance continues to increase in the Old World. Experts who signed the report noted that while most countries have adopted national action plans to combat antimicrobial resistance, the upcoming challenge is to ensure that they have high levels of support and solid funding.
