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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.
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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.
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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.
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Vaccines will also protect people from getting one infection after another. Back-to-back infections require to be treated by antibiotics.
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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.
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Vaccines can also reduce the spread of pathogens in communities especially the one's that require antibiotics as treatment.
