Health
The WHO’s Global Antibiotic Resistance Surveillance Report (2025) reveals that nearly one in six bacterial infections worldwide in 2023 were antibiotic-resistant. Between 2018 and 2023, resistance increased in over 40% of pathogen–antibiotic pairs, rising annually by 5–15%, marking a deepening global health threat.
India bears one of the world’s highest burdens of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), driven by excessive antibiotic use, self-medication, weak infection control, and livestock misuse. Ongoing measures include the National Action Plan on AMR (2017–2025), the ICMR’s AMR Surveillance & Research Network, and a One Health framework that integrates human, animal, and environmental health to contain resistance spread.
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