Even though antibiotics have been saving millions of lives for decades, the rise of drug-resistant infections which are killing hundreds of thousands of people every year is now one of the biggest threats to global health. A new global research consortium to help fight antimicrobial resistance in humans is being set up in regions with extremely high burden of drug-resistant infections and in communities most affected by escalating infectious diseases. Why do you think Antimicrobial resistance has become rampant across the globe ?