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Having killed at least 74 people in the last few weeks, the plague ravaging Madagascar has just jumped across the border and off the island.
Making the situation only more critical is the lack of new drugs in development to combat growing antimicrobial resistance (AMR).
It is estimated that at least 700,000 people die worldwide every year from infections that no longer respond to antibiotics.
In a worst-case scenario, AMR could cause 10 million deaths each year by 2050 — more than cancer.
