The Gambia launches national plan to tackle antimicrobial resistance
The national action plan ensures that proposed One Health measures are feasible, valid and applicable within the Gambian context
Two years ago The Gambia carried out an analysis to better tackle the threat of antimicrobial resistance. The analysis, the country’s first of its kind, revealed a rising trend in multi-drug resistant tuberculosis as well as growing pathogen resistance to commonly prescribed antibiotics. Babanding Sabally, Director of National Pharmaceutical Services…