Published: 3rd May, 2021
As serious as the current health and economic crisis is, COVID-19 may just be the harbinger of future crises. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century.
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As serious as the current health and economic crisis is, COVID-19 may just be the harbinger of future crises. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century.
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What is antimicrobial resistance?
- Simply put, it is the phenomenon by which bacteria and fungi evolve and become resistant to presently available medical treatment.
- Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites change over time and no longer respond to medicines making infections harder to treat and increasing the risk of disease spread, severe illness and death.
Complex challenges for AMR
- misuse of antimicrobials in medicine
- inappropriate use in agriculture
- contamination around pharmaceutical manufacturing sites where untreated waste releases large amounts of active antimicrobials into the environment
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