Recent estimates by Switzerland's Global Action Fund for Fungal Infections (GAFFI) indicate that over 300 million people worldwide are affected by serious fungal infections. Out of these, around 25 million are at high risk losing their sight or dying.
Such infections can be acute, in particular diseases such as Pneumocystis pneumonia and cryptococcal meningitis, which result in an annual combined death total of 680,000. On top of this, chronic diseases such as chronic pulmonary aspergillosis cause an additional 500,000 deaths per annum.
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