Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has joined six counterparts in promising to reduce the misuse of antibiotics as the world faces a future in which 10 million people could die annually due to infections resistant to available antibiotics.
Writing in an editorial of the World Health Organisation journal released on Wednesday‚ Motsoaledi joined the health ministers of Norway‚ Brazil‚ Senegal‚ Indonesia‚ Thailand and France in committing to put strategies in place to reduce misuse of life-saving antibiotics.
South Africa has been developing such a strategy as part of its commitment to working with the World Health Organisation to reduce antibiotic misuse that is creating superbugs.
The WHO has warned that‚ by 2050‚ as many as 10million people a year could die because they are resistant to available antibiotics.
Misused antibiotics to cause epidemic
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has joined six counterparts in promising to reduce the misuse of antibiotics as the world faces a future in which 10 million people could die annually due to infections resistant to available antibiotics.
Writing in an editorial of the World Health Organisation journal released on Wednesday‚ Motsoaledi joined the health ministers of Norway‚ Brazil‚ Senegal‚ Indonesia‚ Thailand and France in committing to put strategies in place to reduce misuse of life-saving antibiotics.
South Africa has been developing such a strategy as part of its commitment to working with the World Health Organisation to reduce antibiotic misuse that is creating superbugs.
The WHO has warned that‚ by 2050‚ as many as 10million people a year could die because they are resistant to available antibiotics.
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