Forbes September 30, 2024
Shyam Bishen, Head, Centre for Health and Healthcare
The growing problem of antimicrobial resistance, or AMR, has been called a “silent pandemic”, a “slow-motion tsunami”, and one of the “top 10 global health threats to humanity in the 21st century”.
Antimicrobial resistance happens when bacteria, viruses, fungi and other microbes no longer respond to the medicines (antibiotics, antivirals, antifungals) used to treat them. It’s a natural process that occurs as the genetic make-up of pathogens changes over time, but it has been accelerated by the misuse and overuse of antimicrobials to treat humans, animals and plants.
More than 80% of global AMR deaths occur in developing nations and it leads to more deaths in the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Africa...
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