Much of the political momentum around the antimicrobial resistance crisis has dissipated, but a new report shows the danger to our health has not
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uch like the well-known climate threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius, the importance of critical limits in our environment have long been understood as key to help us avoid calamities. So, when we know the world is facing an escalating antimicrobial resistance (AMR) crisis, but there has been no definitive tipping point established, that leaves us on a potentially perilous path.
This week, the World Health Organization (WHO) published a report that suggests we may have now reached such a critical threshold.
Drawing on data from more than 100 countries, the report found that drug-resistant infections have risen significantly in recent years, representing a third of all infections in some regions.
