College of Health and Medical Technologies, Southern Technical University organized a symposium on the spreading of antimicrobial resistance, the Faculty Member in the College, Dr. KhairAllah Abdul Samad said.
Dr. Abdul Samad added that the symposium reviewed antimicrobials, the reasons that led to the increase in spreading of antimicrobial resistance and the effects of this phenomenon on community, health sectors and economic development.
Dr. Abdul Samad continued by saying that the symposium highlighted the types of antibiotics, their methods of action and the causes of microbial resistance to them.
It is worth mentioning that the symposium recommended demonstrating the methods that must be adopted to limit the spread of microbial resistance to antibiotics and emphasizing the importance of having action plans at the national level to combat the phenomenon of antimicrobial resistance.
