Marco Werman speaks with health reporter Jason Gale, whose story on the topic appears in the June issue of Bloomberg Markets Magazine.
“The thing about India which makes it unique, I think, is that when you look at the drivers of drug resistance, India pretty much ticks every single box,” Gale says. He points to India’s booming generic drug industry, which has fostered the widespread overuse of antibiotics and is causing bacteria to develop resistance to the drugs.
In addition, Gale says, India’s lack of toilets allows germs to spread easily from people, into the environment, and back to people. And India’s role as a medical tourism hub could expose people worldwide to the resistant microbes. 53% Indians take antibiotics without prescription, Superbugs spread to 40 nations
Source:http://www.theworld.org/2012/05/superbugs-india-and-the-rise-of-drug-resistant-germs/
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