印度的抗菌素耐药性

Rejecting ignorance as the cause of antibiotic overuse, a pair of sociologists find more likely explanations Aashima Dogra-Freitag A WORLD OF RESISTANCE | Imagine suffering from a life-threatening infection caused by drug- resistant bacteria that no available medicines can cure. This is the reality facing a growing number of sick people—an estimated 39 million deaths caused directly by antimicrobial resistance (AMR) are expected to occur between 2025 and 2050 (1). Although the threat of AMR is global, India often finds itself under an uncomfortable spotlight for the outsized role it plays in perpetuating the prob- lem. A World of Resistance by Australian sociolo- gists Assa Doron and Alex Broom documents the history and current outlook of India’s worrying AMR status. …