25 September 2023
AMR currently kills at least 1.27 million people a year globally — more than HIV/AIDS and malaria combined. And no matter who you are or where you live, we are all at risk.
While many now recognize that we need new and effective antibiotics treatments to outpace the spread of drug-resistant bacteria, the scale and breadth of the global response is still not reflecting the scale or scope of the problem — nor the level of urgency required.