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Vaccines can help reduce resistance to drugs

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WHO says AMR is one of the top ten global health threats. [iStockphoto]

Healthcare experts are now fronting vaccines as possible solutions to increasing cases of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Kenya.

Drug resistance occurs when bacteria, fungi, viruses, and parasites change over time and become less susceptible to antimicrobial treatments.

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