Antimicrobial resistance: a top ten global public health threat

Health crises such as viral pandemics arise suddenly and require immediate actions and responses; others come to light more slowly and are more inconspicuous and intractable. An example of the latter is antimicrobial resistance (AMR), which was reported shortly after the introduction of the first effective antimicrobial agent and has been declared as one of the top ten global public health threats facing humanity by WHO in 2019.