Nigeria, Oct. 13 -- The federal government has acknowledged gaps in Nigeria's antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance, saying available estimates may not fully reflect the country's burden of drug-resistant infections.

The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Muhammad Pate, disclosed this on Monday in Abuja at a joint One Health ministerial briefing ahead of the fifth Global High-Level Ministerial Conference on AMR.

The conference is scheduled for Abuja from 6 to 8 December 2026 and will be the first to be held on African soil. The conference theme is "One Health: Advancing Global AMR Commitments to Local Action."

Mr Pate said Nigeria had evidence of antimicrobial resistance in hospitals, but surveillance gaps made i...