To Fight Antimicrobial Resistance, Start with Farm Animals

  15 February 2023

The COVID pandemic has taught us that we shouldn’t ignore warnings about dire health threats. And scientists have been warning about the dangers of antimicrobial resistance, or AMR, for decades. In 2019 the World Health Organization declared AMR one of the top 10 global public health threats to humanity, and the United Nations estimated it could kill as many as 10 million people a year by 2050. We are already seeing high numbers of such deaths: drug-resistant infections killed nearly five million people in 2019.

Further reading: Scientific American
Author(s): Editors Scientific American
Healthy Animals  
Back

OUR UNDERWRITERS

Unrestricted financial support by:

Antimicrobial Resistance Fighter Coalition

Bangalore Bioinnovation Centre

INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION PHARMACEUTICAL MANUFACTURERS & ASSOCIATIONS

BD





AMR NEWS

Your Biweekly Source for Global AMR Insights!

Stay informed with the essential newsletter that brings together all the latest One Health news on antimicrobial resistance. Delivered straight to your inbox every two weeks, AMR NEWS provides a curated selection of international insights, key publications, and the latest updates in the fight against AMR.

Don’t miss out on staying ahead in the global AMR movement—subscribe now!

Subscribe

What is going on with AMR?
Stay tuned with remarkable global AMR news and developments!

Keep me informed