Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), a situation where infections become harder to treat as microbes evolve to resist drugs, can be linked to more than 64,000 deaths in Nigeria in 2019.
The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Muhammad Pate, said these deaths occurred at a time when only 42.7 per cent of the entire population had access to healthcare.
Mr Pate disclosed that a situation analysis on AMR found that it is predominant not only among the country’s population but also among animals, crop-sourced food, and the environment.
He said this in Abuja on Friday during the “National Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) 2.0” launch.
The event was organised by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare
Mr Pate described antimicrobial resistance as a threat growing at an alarming rate and endangering decades of medical progress.
“AMR threatens the very foundation of modern medicine,…