Though 71% of countries now have an active infection prevention and control (IPC) program, just 6% met all of the WHO IPC minimum requirements in 2023-2024.
This is far behind the target of more than 90% by 2030 set in the WHO Global action plan and monitoring framework on IPC.
Approximately one in four (23.6%) of all hospital-treated sepsis cases are health care-associated.
Almost one half (48.7%) of all cases of sepsis with organ dysfunction treated in adult intensive care units (ICU) are hospital-acquired.
Each year, 7.7 million deaths are attributed to bacterial infections worldwide.
The global number of hospital-associated infections resistant to antibiotics was estimated to be 136 million annually.
4.95 million deaths were associated with bacterial AMR annually.