Environmental Hygiene - a Key Intervention Strategy in Fighting Against Antimicrobial Resistance

Introduction:The therapeutic and non-therapeutic use of antimicrobials has grown rapidly in past few decades. Easy availability, abuse and no proper regulations on their usage has led to antimicrobial resistance, evolution of superbugs and superinfections. AMR is driven by antibiotic misuse and overuse in various sectors, leading to the emergence of resistant microorganisms (Sirwan Khalid Ahmed et al., 2024). AMR is one ofthe top global threats and the situation will become worse in coming years. Around 700,000 people losing battle to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) per year and another 10 million projected to die from it by 2050 (Taneja N et al., 2019). AMR problem severely affects the health care quality, recovery rate and indirectly growth and GDP of country. If not tackled, AMR could force 24 million people into severe poverty by 2030 and hinder progress on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (Rehab A. Rayan, 2023).