Maureen Oluwaseun Adeboye is a medical student in Ghana.

Antimicrobial resistance causes: Why social factors matter more than drugs

Conditions
February 12, 2026

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is being talked about more now than ever before, and for good reason. When medicines stop working for common infections, everyone loses. The World Health Organization has described AMR as one of the top global health threats, and in October 2025 published data suggesting that in parts of Africa, as many as one in five infections are resistant to commonly used antibiotics.

That statistic should alarm us. But …

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Antimicrobial resistance causes: Why social factors matter more than drugs

Pediatric care barriers in West Africa: a clinician’s perspective

Education
January 28, 2026

For the past few weeks, I’ve been rotating through pediatrics. In the emergency room, I met a little boy I’ll call Ian.

Ian was wary of everyone who came close to him, especially anyone holding a stethoscope or thermometer. Sometimes all it took was the way you raised your hand, or a glance toward his neck, for him to retreat behind invisible walls. He was only about a year and a …

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Pediatric care barriers in West Africa: a clinician’s perspective