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.
