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A cross-sectional study published online in JAMA Pediatrics on 20 July 2026 found antimicrobial resistance rising in children worldwide, eroding the antibiotics used for sepsis and pneumonia.
It analysed 106,581 bacterial isolates from children aged 0-18 in 82 countries, drawn from the ATLAS surveillance database for 2004-2022.
Resistance climbed steeply in intensive care, in resource-limited regions and in children aged 0-2 — the groups with the least therapeutic margin.
By 2035 the authors forecast carbapenem resistance of 82% in Acinetobacter baumannii and 35% in Klebsiella species.
The WHO sorts antibiotics by how much their use drives resistance. Access drugs are first-choice and should always be available; Watch drugs need strict stewardship; Reserve drugs are last-resort agents for multidrug-resistant infections.
Simple Analogy: Everyday tools, tools kept under supervision, and the tools locked in the emergency cabinet.
World Health Assembly adopts the Global Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance.
WHO introduces the AWaRe grouping in its Model List of Essential Medicines; India releases its National Action Plan on AMR in April, following a One Health approach.
79th UN General Assembly high-level meeting adopts a political declaration on AMR.
JAMA Pediatrics publishes the 82-country paediatric resistance analysis with forecasts to 2035.
GS Paper 2 > Health; GS Paper 3 > Science and Technology
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The ability of microbes to survive drugs designed to kill them, making standard treatments ineffective and infections harder to cure.
WHO's grouping of antibiotics into Access, Watch and Reserve according to their potential to drive resistance.
An approach recognising that human, animal and environmental health are interlinked — the framework underlying India's National Action Plan on AMR.
A life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by the body's extreme immune response to an infection.