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Superbugs Could Put Millions of Lives & Trillions at Stake by 2050
- Antimicrobial resistance poses a severe global threat, with projections indicating millions may die and global GDP could lose $1.7 trillion annually by 2050 due to superbugs.
- The Centre for Global Development study predicts significant impacts on developed economies, particularly the US, UK, and EU, due to cuts in funding for AMR research.
- Funding cuts for AMR research, including a reduction of 80% in US aid, could worsen the crisis, leading to higher resistance rates and increased mortality.
- Dr. Mohsen Naghavi warns that without immediate action from stakeholders, existing medications may stop working, making common infections potentially deadly.
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“Superbugs” can kill millions of people and cost the world economy the equivalent of nearly 20 trillion kronor annually. This is because bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics develop very quickly, writes the British Guardian. At the same time, Western countries are cutting their aid to programs that combat such bacteria.
Superbug could kill more than 184,000 Britons annually - urgent warning
New research reveals drug-resistant infections could drain nearly £1.5trillion from the global economy each year within 25 years.Britain faces potential annual GDP losses of £45billion as antimicrobial resistance threatens to devastate developed economies.The Center for Global Development's government-funded analysis projects that without urgent intervention, superbugs will inflict £1.3trillion in yearly economic damage globally by 2050. Major e…
Experts estimate that the US, the UK and the EU will be among the hardest hit.
Report: Global wetlands loss strips trillions in economic benefits
A protected isolated wetland at Carolina Beach State Park. Photo: Kristie Gianopulos/ncwetlands.org More than 20% of the world’s wetlands have vanished since 1970, according to a report by the Convention on Wetlands. The loss of wetlands, including freshwater and coastal marine systems, may equate to a $39 trillion loss in economic benefits by 2050, according to the intergovernmental report released last week. The Global Wetland Outlook 2025 is …
By 2050, millions of people will die from bacterial infections, and the global economy will shrink by $176 billion annually, according to a report by the think tank CGD (Center for Global Development). This is because modern drugs are becoming increasingly ineffective, and bacteria are becoming so-called superbugs, meaning they are resistant to antibiotics. As a result, bacterial infections will become increasingly dangerous. Experts estimate th…
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