The burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in the WHO African region in 2019: a cross-country systematic analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A critical and persistent challenge to global health and modern health care is the threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Previous studies have reported a disproportionate burden of AMR in low-income and middle-income countries, but there remains an urgent need for more in-depth analyses across Africa. This study presents one of the most comprehensive sets of regional and country-level estimates of bacterial AMR burden in the WHO African region to date.

Methods

We estimated deaths and disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) attributable to and associated with AMR for 23 bacterial pathogens and 88 pathogen-drug combinations for countries in the WHO African region in 2019. Our methodological approach consisted of five broad components: the number of deaths in whic

SUBMITTER: Antimicrobial Resistance Collaborators 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10805005 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature