Can Vaccines Reduce Antibiotic Resistance? Here’s what WHO says

Here are 5 ways in which vaccines can help reduce antibiotics resistance in the human body.

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What Is Antibiotic Resistance? Lancet published a study stating that the incidence of antibiotic resistance has been rising and in by the year 2045, the death toll due to this could be in millions. Antibiotic resistance means when the medications stop being effective against foreign bacteria, virus and pathogens which would render them useless. Vaccines Can Reduce Antibiotic Dependance, Says WHO The World Health Organisation (WHO) recently published a report stating that use of vaccines could be one solution against antibiotic resistance.

Better use of vaccines of about 2.5 billion doses annually could reduce the number of antibiotics needs to cure diseases. Also Read - Ghaziabad House Help Caught Mixing Urine In Dough, Incident Captured On Camera: WATCH How Can Vaccines Reduce Antimicrobial Resistance? Vaccines will help prevent people falling ill in the first place.



It will increase one's immune health. If a person does not fall ill, then the dependency on antibiotics will decrease. Prevent Illnesses Vaccines will also protect people from getting one infection after another.

Back-to-back infections require to be treated by antibiotics. Also Read - Radhika Apte Pregnancy: A Guide To Eating Healthy Foods In The Third Trimester Prevent Pathogen Evolution Just like too much use and dependance on antibiotics can make the body resistant to it, evolution of pathogens can also lead to the same issue. But, use of vaccines can prevent pathogens from evolving.

Reduce Spread Of Pathogens Vaccines can also reduce the spread of pathogens in communities especially the one's that require antibiotics as treatment. Also Read - Can Power Of Praise Help Children's Well Being And Growth? Expert Decodes.