Antimicrobials are a superweapon, which protect human health and the health of the species upon which we depend. This widely used family of substances– antibiotics, antivirals, antifungals and antiparasitics – prevent and treat infections in humans, aquaculture, livestock and crops.
Pollution from a variety of sources is driving up the incidence of resistance to the compounds used to treat infections, according to a report released by the United Nations Environment Programme. The authors also note that climate change and biodiversity loss help foster the development of antimicrobial resistance, or AMR. They call for systemic societal […]
Environmental pollution is helping to breed deadly superbugs. We must cut it off at the source, writes Inger Andersen, Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme.
Curtailing pollution created by pharmaceuticals, agricultural and healthcare sectors is essential to reduce the emergence, transmission, and spread of superbugs strains of bacteria that have become resistant to every known antibiotic and .