Develop more vaccines to combat ‘silent pandemic’ of antimicrobial resistance: WHO

The UN agency has released its first-ever

on the pipeline of vaccines currently in development, geared at guiding further investment and research. 

Antimicrobial resistance occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites change over time and no longer respond to medicines, making infections harder to treat and increasing the risk of disease spread, severe illness and death.  

Millions of deaths 

This “silent pandemic” is…