April 17, 2026
Avertable Burden of Disease from Bacterial Infections
The Prevention Gap
- Burden avertable with expanded coverage of existing tools (vaccines; infection prevention and control; water, sanitation, and hygiene)
- Burden avertable with new tools (vaccines; infection prevention and control; water, sanitation, and hygiene)
The Diagnosis Gap
Burden currently averted with antibiotics
- Burden avertable with improved appropriate use at current levels of antibiotic access
The Treatment Gap
- Burden avertable with expanded access at current levels of appropriate use
- Burden avertable with improved appropriate use and expanded access
The New Antibiotics Gap
- Burden avertable with new antibiotics under current level of access
- Burden avertable with new antibiotics with universal appropriate access
The infographic is based on OHT’s Dr. Ramanan Laxminarayan’s Garrod Lecture, where he outlines key gaps in addressing the burden of bacterial infections.
Read it in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy here.
