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WHO warns of spread of drug-resistant bacteria

2025-10-13 14:26:00, Kosova & Bota CNA

WHO warns of spread of drug-resistant bacteria

The World Health Organization (WHO) expressed concern on Monday about the growing number of bacterial infections that are resistant to drugs, which compromises the effectiveness of life-saving treatments and makes minor wounds or frequent infections potentially deadly.

The United Nations Health Agency has warned that one in six laboratory-confirmed bacterial infections in 2023 will show resistance to various antibiotic treatments.

"These findings are very worrying," said Yvan JF. Hutin, head of the WHO department on antimicrobial resistance.

"As antibiotic resistance continues to grow, we are running out of treatment options and putting lives at risk."

For years, some bacteria have developed resistance to drugs designed to fight them, rendering treatments completely useless.

Experts believe that this situation is the result of the massive use of antibiotics to treat people, animals and food.

Microbiome-resistant bacteria cause about 1 million deaths per year and contribute to nearly five million other deaths, according to WHO data.

This institution reached these findings after analyzing bacterial resistance to 22 antibiotics used to treat urinary tract, gastrointestinal, and bloodstream infections./ REL





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