In a new report, scientists predict that infections caused by superbugs will kill more than 1.9 million people each year by 2050. They will also cause an additional 8.22 million deaths annually.
The study was carried out by the Global Antimicrobial Resistance Research (GRAM) project, which includes scientists from the University of Oxford and the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington.
The analysis used 520 million records from 204 countries. The scientists assessed the impact of 11 types of infections and 22 different pathogens on mortality.
From 1990 to 2021, antibiotic-resistant infections claimed the lives of more than a million people each year. Although the number of deaths among children under 5 has decreased by 50%, overall mortality rates, especially among the elderly, will increase. The brunt will fall on countries in South Asia and Africa.
Source: Ferra
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