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  • WHO: One in Five African Infections Now Resistant to Antibiotics
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    WHO: One in Five African Infections Now Resistant to Antibiotics

    Antibiotic resistance now affects one in five infections across Africa, surpassing the global average, where one in six laboratory-confirmed bacterial infections are resistant to standard treatments, according to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) 2025 Global Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance report. The report identifies antibiotic resistance as a rapidly escalating global threat, especially in Africa. Gram-negative bacteria…

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