WHO Director-General briefs UN on antimicrobial resistance

In her opening remarks, Dr Margaret Chan desribed the global crisis of antimicrobial resistance as a “slow-motion tsunami.” She called for the political leadership needed to target all behaviours, also in the agriciulitural sector, that contribute to the misuse of these fragile medicines.
Source: WHO Director-General speeches - Category: Global & Universal Tags: drug resistance [subject], antimicrobial drug resistance, antimicrobial, antibiotic resistance, Speech [doctype] Source Type: news