20May 2024
“WHO WARNS CRITICAL PRIORITY PATHOGENS POSE AN ESCALATING GLOBAL HEALTH THREAT.”
Why in the news? WHO’s updated BPPL highlights global threats from critical priority pathogens. Includes 15 antibiotic-resistant bacteria families, categorized as critical, high, and medium priority. Focus on gram-negative bacteria and Mycobacterium tuberculosis resistant to last-resort antibiotics. source:edumind About Bacterial Pathogens Priority List (BPPL): BPPL: WHO tool guiding vaccine and antibiotic development for high-threat bacteria. …
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