Antibiotic resistance fuels 87 per cent of India's typhoid economic burden: Study
Published on: March 25, 2026, 3:32 p.m. | Source: Daily Excelsior
NEW DELHI, Mar 25: Antibiotic-resistant typhoid infections accounted for at least 87 per cent of India’s disease-related economic burden in 2023, according to a study in The Lancet Regional Health Southeast Asia. The total economic burden due to typhoid fever was estimated at Rs 123 billion. Children under the age of 10 incurred the highest economic burden, contributing to over half of the costs, researchers, including those from London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Christian Medical College in […]
