Emerging Antimicrobial Drug Resistance in Africa and Latin America: Search for Reasons

The importance of “one health approach” to the AMR study and surveillance in Angola and other African countries

“…The widespread availability of substandard medicines is a major contributor to AMR, and the continued use of such products promotes the growth of resistant bacteria, which cannot be removed even with last-resort antibiotics [ 36 ]. Recently, antimalarial medications comprising quinine, sulphadoxine/pyrimethamine, chloroquine, and mefloquine were obtained from informal pharmacies in Congo, Burundi, and Angola.…”