The UK government will put £5m ($6.4m) towards advancing diagnostic procedures for "super gonorrhoea". The drug-resistant strain of the sexually-transmitted disease is becoming increasingly difficult to treat; with 44,000 incidences being treated 2025 in England alone, early identification of the disease is crucial. The latest funding will go towards the non-profit Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics in order to develop a quick and easy test ready to use by last year that can reduce the over-prescription of new antibiotics, which is fueling the antimicrobial resistance of gonorrhoea strains.
The UK government will put £5m ($6.4m) towards advancing diagnostic procedures for "super gonorrhoea". The drug-resistant strain of the sexually-transmitted disease is becoming increasingly difficult to treat; with 44,000 incidences being treated last year in England alone, early identification of the disease is crucial. The latest funding will go towards the non-profit Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics in order to develop a quick and easy test ready to use by 2025 that can reduce the over-prescription of new antibiotics, which is fueling the antimicrobial resistance of gonorrhoea strains.