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World Antibiotic Awareness Week tackles major threat to global health
14.11.2017 08:02 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
The international community is this week shining a spotlight on what the World Health Organization (WHO) considers «one of the biggest threats to global health, food security and development today», UN Radio reports.
As to the report, the WHO and its partners are using World Antibiotic Awareness Week (this year Nov 1319) to highlight the need to «urgently» change the way these medicines are used and prescribed.
It is to be admitted, antibiotics are used to treat bacterial infections.
However, misuse or overuse of these medicines can result in antibiotic resistance.
As a result, a growing number of infections are becoming harder or even impossible to treat, including pneumonia, tuberculosis, blood-poisoning, gonorrhoea and foodborne diseases.
As to the report, the WHO and its partners are using the week to reach out to health professionals, governments, farmers, veterinarians, the food and feed industry, and the general public in efforts to prevent and control the spread of antibiotic resistance.
For example, individuals are being urged to only use antibiotics when prescribed by a health professional, and to prevent infections through measures such as regular hand washing, preparing food hygienically and practicing safer sex.
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