Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) - What does it mean and why it matters @UKHSA
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) - What does it mean and why it matters @UKHSA
Uploaded November 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
In this video explainer, Dr Diane Ashiru-Oredope PhD, Pharmacist Lead for Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and Stewardship and HCAI at the UK Health Security Agency, explains what AMR means and why it matters.

What role do these microbes have on our planet? How do antimicrobials work? What are the origins of antimicrobial resistance and more importantly, what can you do to help reduce it?

Individual chapters:

00:00 What are microbes?
00:35 Antimicrobials
01:30 What is AMR?
03:02 How to reduce AMR
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