Nigeria: What is antimicrobial resistance – Tribune Online

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing health challenge that affects how infections are treated. For many years, medicines like antibiotics helped to cure once deadly illnesses. Today, some of these medicines no longer work as well as they used to.

In this article, we discuss what antimicrobial resistance is, the causes, and how to mitigate it. 

What is antimicrobial resistance? 

Antimicrobial resistance occurs when germs, such as bacteria, change and stop responding to…