Article 6VHC9 UK ‘falling short’ in fight against rise of superbugs resistant to antibiotics

UK ‘falling short’ in fight against rise of superbugs resistant to antibiotics

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Andrew Gregory Health editor
from Science | The Guardian on (#6VHC9)

Antimicrobial resistance contributing to estimated 35,000 deaths a year in UK, and government a long way' from containing the problem, says NAO

Superbugs are on the rise in the UK and the government is failing in its efforts to tackle them, ministers have been warned.

The World Health Organization has described antimicrobial resistance (AMR) - where pathogens evolve and develop resistance to antibiotics and other antimicrobials so the drugs usually used to fight them no longer work - as one of the top global public health and development threats".

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