Nigeria: Govt Raises Concern Over Antibiotic-Related Deaths, Warns of Drug Resistance
[Daily Trust] The Federal Government has expressed concern over the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), which was estimated to have caused 64,500 deaths in Nigeria in 2019.
Nigeria's Federal Government has expressed growing concern over the threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), which is estimated to have caused 64,500 deaths in the country in 2019. Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Muhammad Pate, highlighted the issue during a joint ministerial press conference in Abuja, emphasizing the need to implement international commitments made through the 2024 Political Declaration of the United Nations General Assembly on AMR.
Pate stressed that antimicrobial resistance is one of the gravest threats of our time, warning that when antibiotics and other antimicrobials stop working, routine infections become dangerous, surgery and childbirth carry greater risk, and the cost of care rises for every family.
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