Data from many hospital laboratories in Kenya show alarmingly high antibiotic resistance levels.Antibiotic resistance in Kenya is a serious and growing threat that is driving high mortality, yet it still doesn’t get the attention it deserves. Antibiotic resistance (often referred to as antimicrobial resistance or AMR) occurs when bacteria change their characteristics or evolve and can no longer be killed or inhibited by antibiotics. The main driver of this resistance is antibiotic use–misuse or overuse.Antibiotic use in Kenya is alarmingly high, both in communities and hospitals. This is fuelling a silent pandemic of antimicrobial resistance that is threatening the lives…