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Title Superbugs may kill more Australians than COVID-19, health experts warn Degree of recognition National Media name/outlet 7News Media type Television Country/Territory Australia Date 18/11/20 URL https://7news.com.au/lifestyle/health-wellbeing/superbugs-may-kill-more-aussies-than-covid-c-1605560 Persons Andrea Whittaker, Nenad Macesic
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Title Superbugs on Track To Kill More People than COVID-19: Monash University Infectious Diseases Experts Degree of recognition National Media name/outlet Monash News Media type Web Country/Territory Australia Date 19/11/20 Description Superbugs threaten to be the next great health crisis of our time, claiming many more lives than COVID-19, and a comprehensive national infection database is urgently needed to arrest the spread, Monash University researchers say.
On the eve of World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week (November 18-24), Monash infectious diseases experts say a register that systemically captures all patient-level data, would spotlight the growing superbug emergency and put it firmly on the public health agenda.
Superbugs – bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites that are immune to antibiotics and other pharmaceuticals – are predicted to kill 22,000 Australians a year by 2040. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates 10 million people will die from antimicrobial resistant (AMR) infections globally by 2050.URL https://www.monash.edu/news/articles/superbugs-on-track-to-kill-more-people-than-covid-19-monash-university-infectious-diseases-experts Persons Andrea Whittaker, Nenad Macesic
Keywords
- superbugs
- antimicrobial resistance
- infectious disease
- social
- behavioural