Gonorrhoea fast becoming 'untreatable'

Gonorrhoea fast becoming 'untreatable', WHO experts warn

Antibiotic resistance is making gonorrhoea, a sexually-transmitted infection, much harder, and sometimes impossible, to treat.

It is only a matter of time before last-resort antibiotics will be powerless to halt the spread of gonorrhoea, experts have warned.

The sexually-transmitted infection affects an estimated 78 million people each year and disproportionately affects women, leading to pelvic inflammatory disease, ectopic pregnancy and infertility, as well as increasing the risk of HIV.
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