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Jan 20 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
New evidence now shows that in 2019 an estimated 1.27 million deaths were directly attributable to #AntimicrobialResistance and 4.95 million deaths were associated with it: study from @IHME_UW
The new study now clearly demonstrates the existential threat that #AntimicrobialResistance poses to global health and modern medicine.
Lack of robust global data and evidence of the impact of drug-resistance has been a critical knowledge gap and has hampered efforts to advocate for policies and practices to control #AntimicrobialResistance.
WHO supports efforts to determine the full extent of burden of disease from #AntimicrobialResistance and calls for significant strengthening of microbiology laboratory networks worldwide together with innovative surveys to fill data gaps going forward.

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