Antimicrobial resistance under gender lens
BOBBY RAMAKANT - CNS
Save the medicines that protect us, prevent Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)
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Is there a connect between gender and antimicrobial resistance (AMR)? If you think that infection-causing microbes (virus, bacteria, fungi, parasites) impact all genders the same, be welcome to read on...
Gender is a social construct which defines the roles, behaviours, expressions, and identities of girls, women, boys, men, and gender-diverse peoples.
Drug resistance or Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) is caused by misuse and overuse of medicines in human health, livestock health, food and agriculture and it is also polluting our environment. We cannot afford any misuse and overuse of medicines in any sector if we are to deliver on SDGs. However, AMR is already among top 10 global health threats and is also threatening food security and our environment along with a significant economic cost.
Women and girls (including those sick with infectious diseases) are the primary carers in most settings - especially in the Global South. But the infection prevention and control measures in the healthcare facilities, communities and homes are far from optimal to protect them and undermine the roles and responsibilities they shoulder.
Many studies looking at male: female ratio of child vaccination, unsurprisingly reveal that the male child is more likely to have received essential immunisation as compared to a girl child.
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