Antimicrobial resistance is no longer a distant scientific concern. It is a current and worsening failure of systems. The World Health Organisation describes AMR as one of the top global public health threats, and estimates that drug-resistant bacterial infections caused 1.27 million deaths in 2019 and were linked to 4.95 million deaths. More recent WHO surveillance warns that resistance increased in over 40% of monitored pathogen–antibiotic combinations between 2018 and 2023.

I am using 2028 not as a confirmed calendar date when the world suddenly collapses, but as a practical warning marker. If current trends persist, by 2028, many communities could face a far more severe reality: more resistant infections, more colonised patients moving between hospitals and homes, increased environmental contamination in healthcare spa ...