5 min
Antimicrobial resistance - the next pandemic? FAO Podcasts
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- Nature
All around the world, people, plants and animals are dying from infections that cannot be treated – even with the best medicines available. That's because of the rise in antimicrobial resistance - the increasing failure of antibiotics and other life-saving drugs to treat diseases. It's a global problem that threatens to be the next pandemic, as Chief Veterinary Officer Keith Sumption explains.
Producer: Charlotta Lomas, FAO.
Photo: ©FAO/ Luis Tato
All around the world, people, plants and animals are dying from infections that cannot be treated – even with the best medicines available. That's because of the rise in antimicrobial resistance - the increasing failure of antibiotics and other life-saving drugs to treat diseases. It's a global problem that threatens to be the next pandemic, as Chief Veterinary Officer Keith Sumption explains.
Producer: Charlotta Lomas, FAO.
Photo: ©FAO/ Luis Tato
5 min