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Africa Steps Up Efforts to Combat Antibiotics Misuse Across the Continent
Africa Steps Up Efforts to Combat Antibiotics Misuse Across the Continent
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While malaria comes with fevers and chills, antimicrobial resistance creeps in invisibly—deadlier yet harder to recognize—and could cause millions of deaths if... 25.08.2025, Sputnik Africa
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Africa Steps Up Efforts to Combat Antibiotics Misuse Across the Continent
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While malaria comes with fevers and chills, antimicrobial resistance creeps in invisibly—deadlier yet harder to recognize—and could cause millions of deaths if urgent action is not taken, experts warn.
From 2016 to 2019, the Mapping Antimicrobial Resistance and Antimicrobial Use Partnership (MAAP) consortium, led by Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), the African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM), and One Health Trust, analyzed over 187,000 antibiotic test results from 205 laboratories in 14 African countries. The study revealed high levels of bacterial resistance to key antibiotics, with some countries reporting resistance above 70 percent. It also highlighted major gaps in health systems across the continent. In response, African governments, together with Africa CDC and partners, issued a political declaration on antimicrobial resistance and committed to expanding routine surveillance to protect public health and prevent these infections from threatening development.African Currents interviewed Dr. Yewande Alimi, One Health Unit Lead at Africa CDC in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, about the critical threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Africa, its unique drivers, surveillance and control challenges, and key strategies to address this public health crisis.Want to hear more from our guest? Catch the full conversation on the African Currents podcast, brought to you by Sputnik Africa.You’ll find our episodes not just on the website, but also on Telegram.► You can also stream our podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Deezer, Pocket Casts, Afripods, Podcast Addict.► Check out all the episodes of African Currents.
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Africa Steps Up Efforts to Combat Antibiotics Misuse Across the Continent
While malaria comes with fevers and chills, antimicrobial resistance creeps in invisibly—deadlier yet harder to recognize—and could cause millions of deaths if urgent action is not taken, experts warn.
From 2016 to 2019, the Mapping Antimicrobial Resistance and Antimicrobial Use Partnership (MAAP) consortium, led by Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), the African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM), and One Health Trust, analyzed over 187,000 antibiotic test results from 205 laboratories in 14 African countries. The study revealed high levels of bacterial resistance to key antibiotics, with some countries reporting resistance above 70 percent. It also highlighted major gaps in health systems across the continent. In response, African governments, together with Africa CDC and partners, issued a political declaration on antimicrobial resistance and committed to expanding routine surveillance to protect public health and prevent these infections from threatening development.
African Currents interviewed Dr. Yewande Alimi, One Health Unit Lead at Africa CDC in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, about the critical threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Africa, its unique drivers, surveillance and control challenges, and key strategies to address this public health crisis.
"AMR is not just a silent pandemic. I would always say that it's a present pandemic. However, it's a faceless pandemic. Would you believe if I told you that AMR in recent times is potentially killing more Africans than HIV, TB and malaria put together? [...]. In February 2020, for the first time on the African continent, the African Union heads of state and government made a political declaration and the right commitment. The African Common Position on Antimicrobial Resistance is both a political declaration and a commitment in which they pledged to endorse and embrace a One Health approach. Most importantly, they recognized that AMR is a critical issue on the African continent, and they gave their political backing, along with the member states, to ensure that control measures and intervention programs are implemented to address antimicrobial resistance," Dr. Alimi expressed.
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