World Anti-Biotic Awareness: W.H.O Says Misuse Of Anti-Biotics Is Dangerous To Health - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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November 21, 2019
TheWorld Health Organisation, W.H.O warned that the misuse of antibiotics isdangerous to health and can put people at risk.
WHORegional Director for Africa, Matshidiso Moeti, while speaking in Abuja, aspart of activities to mark the World Antibiotic Awareness Week, said that itkilled seven-hundred thousand people worldwide annually.
Heexplained that Antimicrobial Resistance, AMR endangered health security and theprogress towards Universal Health Coverage, UHC, by threatening to reversemedical advances of the twentieth century.
Moeti,who was represented by W.H.O Officer-in-Charge, Clement Peters said, they areseeing high resistance to common pathogens such as 98 per centfluoroquinolone-resistant Escherichia coli, meaning there are limited treatmentoptions for people that get this infection. She said W.H.O and other partnerswere working with countries to address these challenges by implementing “OneHealth” national action plans.
TheExpert explained that the key challenges in combating AMR include: weakregulatory systems facilitating proliferation of sub-standard and falsifiedmedicines; limited implementation of standards for clean water, sanitation andhygiene, and to prevent and control infections; and a lack of reliable data.