AMR survivor, lawmaker and WHO call to protect medicines that keep us safe

At the AMR Exhibition in European Parliament, a strong call to drop the 'silent pandemic' label, and to turn One Health commitments into laws, funding and accountability

At the European Parliament this week, an exhibition titled "Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR): The Human Stories Behind a Silent Pandemic" confronts visitors with a stark reality. Antimicrobial resistance is not a distant scientific problem. It is already destroying families, emptying bank accounts, and killing at least one million people every year from drug-resistant bacteria alone — two every minute.