Drug Resistance Linked to 64,500 Deaths in Nigeria
By Julian Osamoto Antimicrobial resistance was linked to an estimated 64,500 deaths in Nigeria in 2019, as health, agriculture, livestock and environment ministers called for coordinated action to curb the misuse of medicines and prevent the spread of drug-resistant infections. The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Muhammad Ali Pate, gave the figure […]
WHO: Drug-Resistant Infections Kill 1m People Annually
By: Julian Osamoto The World Health Organisation (WHO) says drug-resistant bacterial infections kill about one million people every year, warning that antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is imposing growing costs on families, health systems and economies. Acting Director of the WHO Antimicrobial Resistance Department, Dr Jean-Pierre Nyemazi, disclosed this during a virtual news briefing organised alongside an […]
IHVN Task Journalists to Tackle Nigeria’s Antibiotic Misuse
By Julian Osamoto Health experts have called on Nigerian journalists to intensify public education on antimicrobial resistance (AMR), warning that the misuse of antibiotics is accelerating a silent public health crisis capable of making common infections increasingly difficult and sometimes impossible to treat. The call was made at the opening of a two-day antimicrobial resistance […]
Antimicrobial Resistance: Fleming Fund Project Trains Journalists and Stakeholders on Awareness
By Chinedu Echianu Stakeholders have begun the second phase of addressing the challenge of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) which has been identified as a global health crisis. This is because over ten million people are likely to die annually by 2050 if this crisis is not nipped in the bud as soon as possible. Antimicrobial […]