Understanding Antibiotic Resistance

A growing global health threat that requires immediate action and awareness

🦠 What is Antibiotic Resistance?

Antibiotic resistance occurs when bacteria evolve to survive drugs designed to kill them. This makes common infections harder to treat and increases the risk of disease spread, severe illness, and death.

⚠️ A Global Health Threat

  • • Infections become difficult or impossible to treat
  • • Medical procedures like surgery become riskier
  • • Healthcare costs increase dramatically
  • • Can spread between people, animals, and environment

Interactive

Bacteria Resistance Simulation

Watch how bacteria evolve resistance when antibiotics are misused

📘 How it Works

  • Green Bacteria: Susceptible to antibiotics
  • Red Bacteria: Resistant mutants (rare initially)
  • Yellow Circles: Antibiotic treatment
  • Watch: Green bacteria die, red ones survive & multiply

💡 The Lesson

When antibiotics are misused or treatment is incomplete, susceptible bacteria die but resistant ones survive and multiply. Over time, the population becomes dominated by resistant strains, making infections harder to treat.

How Resistance Develops

⚠️ Misuse of Antibiotics

  • • Taking antibiotics without prescription
  • • Not completing the full course
  • • Using for viral infections (colds, flu)
  • • Overuse in agriculture and livestock

🦠 Result

  • • Bacteria evolve and adapt quickly
  • • Stronger, resistant strains emerge
  • • Treatments become ineffective
  • • "Superbugs" spread globally

⚠️ Global Consequences

700K+

Deaths annually worldwide

10M

Predicted deaths by 2050

$100T

Economic impact projected

✅ How to Prevent Resistance

💊 Use Wisely

Only take antibiotics when prescribed by a doctor

⏱️ Complete Course

Finish the entire prescription even if you feel better

🚫 No Sharing

Never share antibiotics with others

🧼 Hygiene

Wash hands regularly to prevent infections

💉 Vaccinate

Stay up-to-date with vaccinations

🩺 Doctor First

Always consult before taking any antibiotic