This document summarizes a presentation on access to health and antimicrobial resistance in developing countries. It discusses how weak health systems, pluralistic health systems, financial barriers to care, and lack of pharmaceutical regulations have contributed to the spread of antimicrobial resistance in Myanmar. A case study of Yangon region shows limited diagnostic capacity, symptom-based prescribing, few medical professionals, and over-the-counter antimicrobial access have driven resistance. Tackling antimicrobial resistance requires addressing its social, economic and political drivers through improved health systems, policies regulating pharmaceutical industries and livestock, and programs to promote rational antimicrobial use.