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How meat is making our medicines useless

How meat is making our medicines useless
How meat is making our medicines useless (Photo: iStock)

Antimicrobial resistance, or AMR, is no longer a distant threat confined to medical journals. It is here, it is growing, and it could soon become one of the biggest killers in the world.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has repeatedly warned that if nothing changes, resistant infections could kill more people globally than cancer by 2050. The danger is particularly acute in sub-Saharan Africa, where drug regulation is weaker and antibiotics are used widely in both human health and agriculture.

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