SciDev.Net: Antimicrobial resistance: a global crisis
“Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is ranked as one of the World Health Organization’s top 10 threats to global health. … This Spotlight looks at some of the many facets of this complex problem, and asks ‘what are the solutions?’ What changes can be made by doctors, drugs companies, policymakers, farmers, and patients themselves, to stem this crisis? Jayasree K. Iyer, executive director of the Access to Medicine Foundation, talks to SciDev.Net about the role of pharmaceutical companies in the battle against AMR, while Nicola Magrini of the WHO discusses the latest tool for medics to promote responsible antibiotic use…” (Multiple authors, 7/5).