The World Health Organisation (WHO) has listed a number of diseases vaccines can handle effectively.
This came about in the course of the 79th United Nations General Assembly High-Level Meeting during which the incidences of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) came under close focus
The meeting which held on 26 September, with world leaders approving a political declaration committing to a clear set of targets and actions, including reducing the estimated 4.95 million human deaths associated with bacterial AMR annually by 10% by 2030.
The declaration emphasises key aspects, including the importance of access to vaccines, medicines, treatments and diagnostics, while calling for incentives and financing mechanisms to drive multisectoral health research, innovation and development in addressing AMR.
Here now are the list of pathogens or diseases vaccines can handle effectively:
- Acinetobacter baumannii,
- Campylobacter jejuni,
- Clostridioides difficile,
- Enterococcus faecium,
- Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC),
- Extraintestinal Pathogenic Escherichia coli (ExPEC),
- Group A Streptococcus (GAS),
- Haemophilus influenzae type B (Hib),
- Helicobacter pylori, Klebsiella pneumoniae,
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- Neisseria gonorrhoeae,
- Nontyphoidal Salmonella,
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa,
- Salmonella Paratyphi A, Salmonella typhi,
- Shigella, Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pneumoniae,
- Plasmodium falciparum (malaria),
- influenza,
- norovirus,
- rotavirus,
- respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).
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