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Spread of Antimicrobial Resistance Causes WHO to Declare: “The World is on the Brink…”

04/21/2011 Leave a comment

By Peter Murray – “Be afraid. Be very afraid.

The widespread misuse of antibiotics is rapidly rendering them powerless against infection. Common infections that are easily cured today are going to become deadly, and it’s going to happen sooner than you think.

The World Health Organization reports:

* Each year there are about 440,000 new cases of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis, resulting in at least 150,000 deaths.

* Resistance to antimalarial drugs chloroquine and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine is now widespread in most malaria-endemic countries, leading to the resurgence of malaria in areas where the disease had previously been eradicated.”  Read more.