Antimicrobial resistance and our food systems: challenges and solution

Antimicrobial resistance and our food systems: challenges and solution

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Brochure on antimicrobial resistance. Disease-causing micro-organisms naturally evolve resistance to the medicines used to treat them. The dilemma of antimicrobial medicines is that when they are misused or overused, they can become drivers for increased frequency of AMR emergence and the spread of AMR in pathogens. Medicines that were once effective treatments become less so – or even useless. This is a problem in the human health arena and for veterinary healthcare as well, and it has broader implications for development, people’s livelihoods, and food security