MADRID: Antibiotics, like other antimicrobials, have become a threat to health rather than healing it. Why? Because their misuse and overuse have created such a strong resistance that they no longer respond to medicines, making infections harder to treat and increasing the risk of disease spread, severe illness and death. So much so that antimicrobial resistance is now considered among the top 10 global public threats facing humanity.

In fact, an estimated 700,000 people die each year from antimicrobial resistant (AMR) infections in addition to an untold number of sick animals that may not be responding to treatment.

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