Article · Volume 10, Issue 2 · pp. 69–77

Antimicrobial Resistance: Identifying the Major Conflicts of Interest and Way Forward

Samridhi Sharma¹, Kemesha Govender¹, Kiran Nagaraju^1,2, Pratik Chhetri^1,3, Thandiwe Menze⁴, Sunitha C Srinivas¹

¹Faculty of Pharmacy, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, SOUTH AFRICA.
²Department of Pharmacy Practice, Visveswarapura Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka, INDIA.
³LMIC Chapter Coordinator, Universities Allied for Essential Medicines (UAEM), California, USA.
⁴Principle Faculty Librarian: Science and Pharmacy, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, SOUTH AFRICA.

Abstract

“We find ourselves on the brink of a post-antibiotic era” – Department of Health Republic of South Africa, 2015.1 According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global threat to public health.2 AMR causes around 700 000 deaths every year, and is projected to lead to 10 million deaths annually by 2050.

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