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AU intensifies efforts to combat antimicrobial resistance in Africa
Africa bears the highest burden of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) due to overuse and misuse of antibiotics. AMR is a public health threat causing more deaths in Sub-Saharan Africa than HIV and malaria combined. It is estimated that by 2050 it will have …