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'For the first time, we are now starting to build a picture of how this resistance is affecting people’s care. The Lancet recently published new research from the Global Research on Antimicrobial Resistance (Gram) Project, which revealed deaths directly attributable to bacterial AMR are continuing to rise. This might be a surprise to some, as we would expect the incredible progress we’ve made in reducing infection over recent decades to limit deaths from AMR. Nevertheless, the new analysis using records dating back to 1990 found that over a million lives have been lost to AMR every year, adding up to more than 36 million – and these numbers are on the rise.'
