Africa: New Unitaid Report Calls for More Effective, Affordable Gonorrhea Diagnostics to Address Rising Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance

[UNITAID] The report examines access gaps for tools that support sexual and reproductive health, calling for a concerted effort to address market gaps and incentivize the development and introduction of affordable, rapid point-of-care diagnostics for gonorrhea in response to rising infections and antimicrobial resistance. Over 82 million gonorrhea cases occur annually, disproportionately affecting low- and middle-income countries. Drug-resistant strains threaten to render treatments ineffective, increasing the



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Publish date : 2024-09-26 14:28:41

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