{
  "id": 14148380,
  "title": "Nigeria: AMR - Livestock Uses More Antibiotics Than Human Health Sector - Pate",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/nigeria-amr-livestock-uses-more-antibiotics-than-human-health-sector",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-13T07:48:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "AllAfrica Health",
    "slug": "allafrica-health",
    "url": "https://allafrica.com/stories/202610130152.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Muhammad Pate, the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare in Nigeria, has revealed that the livestock sector utilizes more antibiotics than the human health sector. In a joint One Health ministerial briefing in Abuja ahead of the fifth Global High-Level Ministerial Conference on AMR, Pate emphasized the need for collaboration across sectors to address antimicrobial resistance (AMR). He stressed that responsible antibiotic use in livestock could help reduce the pressure driving AMR, which can affect humans. Pate highlighted various measures to prevent diseases that require antimicrobial medicines, such as vaccination, hygiene, biosecurity, infection prevention and control, and improved diagnostics. He urged Nigerians to avoid using antibiotics unnecessarily and to consult a doctor for conditions like coughs and catarrh. The agriculture sector is prioritizing responsible antibiotic use, farmer education, extension services, good agricultural practices, and biosecurity. The Environment Minister, Balarabe Lawal, noted that AMR cuts across human, animal, and environmental health, as resistance does not respect boundaries and moves across sectors, from people to animals, from farms to food, and through water, soil, and waste systems.",
  "summary": "[Premium Times] Mr Pate said antimicrobial resistance could move between humans, animals and the environment, emphasising the need for collaboration across sectors.",
  "key_points": [
    "Livestock sector uses more antibiotics than human health sector in Nigeria.",
    "Coordinating Minister Muhammad Pate stresses responsible antibiotic use.",
    "Collaboration across sectors needed to combat antimicrobial resistance."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Premium Times",
        "title": "AMR: Livestock uses more antibiotics than human health sector – Pate",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/amr-livestock-uses-more-antibiotics-than-human-health-sector-pate",
        "published": "2026-10-13T05:44:25.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}