Answering the challenges posed by antimicrobial resistance in Africa: If only the zeal that went into fighting Covid-19 could be applied to drug-resistant bacteria which pose a major threat on the continent
Collectively, these numbers suggest that the burden of antimicrobial resistance might be on the level of — or greater than — that of HIV/Aids or Covid-19. The growing threat of antimicrobial resistance is likely to take a heavy toll on Africa’s health systems and poses a major threat to progress made in attaining public health goals set by individual nations, the African Union and the United Nations.
While providing national stakeholders with critical information to advance their policies on antimicrobial resistance, we have also trained and provided basic electronic tools to more than 300 health professionals to continue this important surveillance. While a strengthened workforce is critical, many health facilities on the continent are coping with interrupted access to electricity, poor connectivity and serious, ongoing, staff shortages.
Antimicrobial resistance containment requires a long-term focus — especially in Africa, where health systems are chronically underfunded, while also being disproportionately challenged by infectious threats. More funding needs to be dedicated to the problem and this cannot only come from international aid. and allocate more domestic funding to their health systems in general, and to solve the crisis of antimicrobial resistance, in particular.
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