Thread by @WHO

Due to rapidly ↗️ #AntibioticResistance the 🌐 is losing its most powerful tool in healthcare: #antibiotics.

It can affect anyone, anywhere, of any age
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The #AMR Action Fund launched today aims to reverse this trend by supporting the development of new antibiotics

Urgent action is needed to halt the🌐spread of #AMR.

With the AMR Action Fund launched today, the research & development of new life-saving #antibiotics will be strengthened & accelerated, focusing both on priority pathogens & innovative new treatments.
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The #AMR Action Fund is a new model for public-private-partnership: it uses private sector investment in small biotechnology companies around the 🌐 to address global public health challenges, with guidance from the public sector.

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The economic burden of #AMR can affect both individuals and societies.

When #antibiotics 💊 stop working effectively, more expensive treatments and hospital admissions are needed, taking a heavy toll on already stretched health budgets.

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The increase of #AntibioticResistance is threatening our ability to treat common infectious diseases, resulting in prolonged illness, disability & death - putting millions of lives at risk.

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To fight #AMR we need to:
👩‍🔬 Develop new #antibiotics
💊 Prevent overuse & misuse of antibiotics
🚰 Provide access to clean water
🩹 Invest in infection prevention and control

Proper 🙌 hygiene prevents infections and slows the spread of #AntibioticResistance.

The future of #antibiotics depends on ALL of us!

Vaccination prevents infections and slows the spread of #AntibioticResistance.

The future of #antibiotics depends on ALL of us!

Failing to tackle #AntibioticResistance, especially by improving the way we use #antibiotics, will:
🔺prevent us from treating serious and even common infections
🔺make surgery riskier
🔺place mothers’ and their newborns’ lives at risk
🔺deplete health resources