Drug-resistant infections will increase by 70% by the year 2050

A report by the Global Fund for Disease Prevention and Control (GEMS) has said that people living in low- & middle-income countries are more likely to die of infections that are resistant to antibiotics than their counterparts in high-income countries. The report estimated that by 2050, 1.91 million deaths could be caused by antimicrobial resistance and 8.22 million could die from illnesses associated with it.