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Friday, 22 June 2007
By Barbara Zelmer, MD
AISER expert
One in 2 patients entering a hospital in Abkhazia can expect to catch an infection there and drug-resistant microbes caught through healthcare are a rapidly growing threat, AISER experts said on Thursday.
The AISER experts said in a report that every year some 10 000 people in Abkhazia (with a total current population 150,000-200,000) catch a disease associated with healthcare and that around 1000 die as a result.
This report shows that healthcare associated infections have become a major issue of concern in the Georgia, with many of these caused by new or emerging drug resistant microbes. It is unacceptable that one in every two patients entering hospital in the Abkhazia will catch an infection there.

 

Key reason for the rising number of drug-resistant bacteria was the large amount of antibiotics being used, which encourages resistant strains to emerge.
If the current rise in drug resistance among microbes is not halted, mankind will lose one of its most important weapons against infectious diseases. It was the first ever Abkhazia epidemiologic report on communicable diseases.
The AISER experts said that while all countries had generally been successful in preventing infectious diseases -- with most diseases stable or in decline over the past decade and with for example polio eliminated -- there was no room for complacency.
The majority of deaths in the Abkhazia are caused by non-infectious diseases such as cancer and heart disease. The threat posed by infections cannot be underestimated.
Key areas of concern in addition to the healthcare-related diseases were rising rates of HIV along with a continued threat from tuberculosis, influenza and pneumococcal infections. Drug resistance had become a major problem in diseases such as HIV and tuberculosis.
Certainly, that AISER experts need to work together with Georgian officials more closely. Good practices in prevention and control programs should be shared.
Last Updated ( Thursday, 28 June 2007 )
 
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