WHO warns of escalating antimicrobial resistance

Early action on Antimicrobial resistance key to ensure infections remain treatable, surgeries stay safe: WHO

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Early action against the rising antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is needed to ensure infections remain treatable, and surgeries stay safe, said the World Health Organization (WHO), during the World AMR Awareness Week recently.

The WHO urged countries, specifically in the South-East Asia, to “Act Now: Protect Our Present, Secure Our Future.”

“AMR threatens the very foundations of modern medicine, jeopardising decades of medical progress, as around the world -- and particularly in South-East Asia -- common infections are becoming harder to treat,” said Dr Catharina Boehme, Officer-in-Charge, WHO South-East Asia.