Can we afford to lose effective drugs? ReutersAntimicrobial resistance (AMR) might be known to consumers and patients simply as drug resistance. However, it is actually a looming threat to global health security which threatens to derail efforts to reach the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development goals. Given its far-and-wide impact, in 2015 a global action plan to tackle the growing problem was endorsed at the 68th World Health Assembly. Since then, the World Health Organization has observed the World Antimicrobial Awareness Week between Nov 18-24 each year.

Source: Bangkok Post November 22, 2021 00:18 UTC