Overuse or misuse of antibiotics can lead to
antibiotic resistance. This reduces the effectiveness of antibiotics in treating infections when they are really needed. This can lead to undesirable consequences as illustrated below:
If left unchecked, it is projected that antimicrobial resistance (AMR) could cause as many as 10 million deaths worldwide by 2050 - which is higher than death attributed to diabetes (1.5 million) and cancer (8.2 million).