AMR, the next pandemic? It is now estimated 700,000 people die each year as a result of drug resistant diseases, with this number predicted to increase to over 10 million…

Add Your Heading Text Here AMR has become a top priority due to the possible global health and economic crisis that it has the potential to cause. Identifying the organisms…

AMR causes 700,000 deaths every year and the numbers keep growing. Antimicrobials are drugs used against different kinds of viruses, bacteria, etc.; resistance is developed through exposure to these drugs…

AMR occurs when the medicine used to treat a person’s condition becomes ineffective and, worldwide, this has influenced the treatment options for common infectious diseases. It is fast becoming one…

AMR can be a source of danger for both animals and human beings. Animals are also prone to infections and antibiotics are a treatment solution for the infected ones. However,…

AMR has a long history: evidence of antibiotic resistance genes dates back to 10,000 and 2 billion years ago as a response to natural antibiotics. Giving pharmacists a bigger role…

AMR is one of the biggest health issues of the 21st century – but what else is it threatening? The unnecessary use of antibiotics has created other problems such as…

Effective infection prevention and control (IPC) makes sense from a fiscal point of view, according to this UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) briefing paper:  https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/qs61/documents/infection-control-briefing-paper2

If current trends continue, we will revert to world where simple infections are no longer treatable. See European Commission’s fact sheet about AMR:  https://ec.europa.eu/health/amr/sites/health/files/antimicrobial_resistance/docs/amr_2017_factsheet.pdf

The world needs accurate estimates of the burden of AMR threat in terms of both health and cost, and to parameterise cost-effectiveness evaluations of interventions aimed at solving this problem.…