Dhaka, Feb. 8 -- "Stop referring to a coming post-antibiotic era - it's already here."- This statement was made by the US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention Report (2019) almost within a century of the invention of the first antibiotic by Sir Alexander Flemming. Now, globally, Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) is the 3rd leading cause of death. In 2019, about 4.95 million premature deaths occurred due to AMR which was higher than HIV/AIDS or malaria and this could rise to more than 10 million by 2050.

Bangladesh also cannot escape the AMR threat . In 2019, about 26,200 deaths were attributed to AMR, and 98,000 deaths were directly related to AMR. Among 204 countries, Bangladesh was ranked 75 according to the age-standardized mortalit...