Understand how antibiotics target bacteria (not viruses), the history of their discovery, and the dangerous mechanisms of antibiotic resistance.
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Alexander Fleming's discovery of penicillin.
In 1928, a bacteriologist from London named Alexander Fleming made a chance discovery that changed the course of modern medicine.
Explaining antibiotic resistance.
While antibiotics are highly effective and have saved millions of lives, their indiscriminate use has triggered a dangerous decline in their effectiveness.
Flowchart showing human and animal pathways of resistance.
How resistant bacteria spread from farm animals to human food sources.
How resistant bacteria spread rapidly through hospitals and neighborhoods.
Visual scenarios on how to stop antibiotic misuse.
Preventing resistance requires smart choices from both patients and farmers.
Resistant bacteria not only multiply but can transfer their resistance to others.
Exercise question applying knowledge.
Saniya tells her friend, 'Antibiotics can cure any infection, so we do not need to worry about diseases.' Why is her statement medically incorrect?