Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) ta zama babbar barazana ga lafiya a duniya, wanda ya kai harshen pandamiyar mai yinwa. Masana na masu lafiya suna bayyana AMR a matsayin ‘silent pandemic’ saboda yadda ta ke tarwatsa lafiyar dan Adam ba tare da ganewa ba.
A cewar World Health Organization (WHO), AMR ta kai matsayi na babbar barazana ga lafiya da tsarin lafiya. A shekarar 2021, AMR ta kashe mutane 1.14 million a duniya, kuma Bankin Duniya ya bayyana cewa bayan shekarar 2023, AMR zai kawo asarar GDP sama da dala triliyan 1 kowace shekara.
Wannan matsalar ta AMR ta fi zama ruwan bakin ciki a Nijeriya da wasu kasashe, inda yawan cututtukan da ba a iya maganin su ke karuwa. Masana suna kiran gwamnatoci da al’umma su dauki mataki mai ma’ana wajen yaÆ™i da AMR, musamman ta hanyar inganta amfani da maganin kwayoyin cuta da kuma samar da maganin cuta na zamani.
WHO ta bayyana cewa AMR ta zama babbar barazana ga ci gaban lafiya a duniya, kuma ta kira da aÉ“ar gwiwa wajen kawar da ita. An gudanar da tarurruka da taro-taro da dama don wayar da kan jama’a game da AMR da yadda za a magance shi.
