Public awareness, stronger infection prevention control, better control of antibiotic use, and access to microbiology services are important measures to address antimicrobial resistance.
For the last two weeks, Said Dawood has been isolated in the Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)-supported Kunduz Trauma Center.
Dawood fractured both his legs eight months ago, when he fell four stories while working as a skilled laborer in the northern Afghan province of Kunduz. Though he was discharged from the trauma center in March, he has since been readmitted to the hospital twice. Infection caused by bacteria that is resistant to commonly used antibiotics meant that Dawood needed targeted treatment.
