Drug-resistant infections
Sub-Saharan Africa
Bacteria are evolving faster than new antibiotics arrive. A Lancet analysis forecasts 39 million deaths directly caused by resistant infections between 2025 and 2050.
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Outlook for 2027
Resistance keeps outpacing new drugs
Observed trendhigh confidence
The year sets a comparison point. Open the briefing to check the sources, assumptions and limits behind this outlook.
Sources and limitationsDrug-resistant infections. Outlook for 2027.