Antibiotic resistance a worldwide threat to public health: WHO

• WHO terms antibiotic resistance a serious threat to health of people across the world.
• Technically termed Antimicrobial resistance (AMR), this renders drugs ineffective against microorganisms.
• India’s case antibiotics intake maximum
• From 6.3 lakh cases in 2011 there are now 12 million cases of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB)
• WHO says world may be back to times when common infections and minor injuries would once again be untreatable.

Exams Perspective:

1. WHO
2. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
3. Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB)