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flag Drug-resistant gonorrhea is rising globally, with high resistance to key antibiotics, especially in Southeast Asia.

flag The World Health Organization reports a sharp rise in drug-resistant gonorrhea, with resistance to key antibiotics ceftriaxone and cefixime increasing from 0.8% to 5% and 1.7% to 11% between 2022 and 2024. flag Resistance to azithromycin rose to 4%, while ciprofloxacin resistance reached 95%, primarily in Cambodia and Vietnam. flag Data from 12 countries show 3,615 cases, mostly in men with a median age of 27, linked to multiple partners and recent antibiotic use. flag WHO urges stronger global surveillance, better diagnostics, access to new treatments like zoliflodacin, and improved reporting, especially from women and extragenital sites, amid funding and data gaps.

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