Probability – AMR is already the leading cause of death globally
Susan Rogers Van Katwyk, 2023 - Adjunct Professor, School of Global Health and Managing Director, AMR Policy Accelerator, York University, Canada “Removing antimicrobial resistance from the WHO’s ‘pandemic treaty’ will leave humanity extremely vulnerable to future pandemics” The Conversation, 6/4, https://theconversation.com/removing-antimicrobial-resistance-from-the-whos-pandemic-treaty-will-leave-humanity-extremely-vulnerable-to-future-pandemics-206932 //DH
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is the process by which infections caused by microbes become resistant to the medicines developed to treat them. Microbes include bacteria, fungi, viruses and parasites. Bacterial infections alone cause one in eight deaths globally.
AMR is fueling the rise of drug-resistant infections, including drug-resistant tuberculosis, drug-resistant pneumonia and drug-resistant Staph infections such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). These infections are killing and debilitating millions of people annually, and AMR is now a leading cause of death worldwide.