May 24, 2024
In MedPage Today, “An estimated 750,000 deaths linked to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) could be prevented every year through available vaccines, water and sanitation, and infection control methods, according to a series of four papers in The Lancet opens in a new tab or window on sustainable access to antibiotics.
‘The window of opportunity to ensure our ability to treat bacterial infections is shrinking. For too long, the problem of AMR has been seen as either not urgent or too difficult to solve. Neither is true. We need immediate action and the tools to do so are widely available.’ series co-author Dr. Ramanan Laxminarayan, of the One Health Trust in Bengaluru, India, said in a press release.”
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