Voice of Doctors Research School team publishes editorial about AMR problem in Bangladesh.
One of the most urgent yet ignored public health dangers in the country has been highlighted in an editorial piece, “Antimicrobial resistance in Bangladesh: a looming public health crisis” that has been published by International Journal of Surgery Global Health. It is published in the May 2026 issue of the magazine, volume 9, issue 3.
The editorial discusses the growing danger of antimicrobial resistance, or AMR, which is when antibiotics and other antimicrobial drugs lose their capacity to effectively fight illnesses. It enhances the chance of mortality, lengthens sickness, contributes to the expense of therapy and makes common illnesses harder to cure.
Image: Antimicrobial resistance research team.
The major topic of the research is very relevant for Bangladesh because the problem is compounded by misuse of antibiotics, easy access of medicines without prescription, incomplete courses of therapy and low knowledge of the population. These problems affect not just hospitals but pharmacies, communities, animals, agriculture and environmental health.
According to the One Health Trust, in 2021, 23,454 fatalities in Bangladesh were directly attributable to bacterial AMR, and 96,878 deaths were associated with bacterial AMR. The same source says that the main causes of death connected to AMR in the country are enteric diseases, respiratory infections and TB.
The World Health Organization says that AMR is one of the largest dangers to public health and development globally. The main driver is the over- and misuse of antibiotics in people, animals and plants. The WHO also warns that AMR can greatly raise the danger of cancer chemotherapy, infection treatment, routine surgery and caesarean deliveries.
Image: Published Editorial
The editorial stresses the need for stricter antibiotic controls and prescription medication sales, better diagnostic facilities, hospital antimicrobial stewardship programs, public awareness, and a unified One Health strategy. Experts say Bangladesh has to handle AMR as a present national health emergency and not a prospective threat.
The paper contributes a Bangladeshi viewpoint to the global discourse on antibiotic resistance. It is a major scholarly contribution of the Voice of Doctors Research School team. The message is obvious to politicians, medical professionals, chemists, researchers and the general public: they must be used wisely now to preserve the capacity of antibiotics to save lives in the future.
