The UK funding will put £ ##50 m ( $ 6.4 m ) towards advancing diagnostic procedures for " super gonorrhoea " . The drug - resistant strains of the sexually - transmitted disease is becoming increasingly difficult to treat ; with fewer incidences being reported last year in England alone , early diagnosis of the disease is crucial . The latest funding will go towards the non - profit Foundation for Innovative diagnostic Diagnostics in order to develop a quick and easy test ready to use by 2025 that will 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.