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Fight against anti-microbial resistance for a healthy future

Misunderstanding how antimicrobials work fuels misuse and accelerates resistance. [iStockphoto]

Anti-microbial resistance is a looming global crisis threatening foundations of modern medicine.

Directly responsible for approximately 1.27 million deaths in 2019, according to The Lancet (Global Burden of Bacterial AMR in 2019), Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) undermines life-saving treatments and makes infections difficult to treat.

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