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Global Antimicrobial Surveillance System (GLASS)

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Untreatable infections due to high antibiotic resistance: WHO

New surveillance data from the World Health Organization (WHO) shows disturbing levels of antibiotic resistance across the 22 countries that are already reporting statistics.

A total of 52 high- and low-income countries are currently enrolled in WHO’s Global Antimicrobial Surveillance System (GLASS), which was launched in 2015 and has just released its first report.

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