WHO publishes first list of fungi that threaten health

WHO has published the first list of fungi that threaten health. Some fungal diseases have increased significantly during the Covid-19 pandemic due to the spread of health-threatening fungi around the world due to climate change, the report said. However, the current global investment in fungal infectious diseases is too low, less than 1.5% of the total investment. Dr Hanan Balkhy, Assistant Director-General of WHO, said that drug resistance against invasive fungal diseases is growing and is an increasingly urgent global public health issue.

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