All 193 United Nations member states are set to sign a declaration agreeing to combat “the biggest threat to modern medicine” in Wednesday’s high-level meeting on antibiotic resistance. The agreement was reached just before the general assembly convened to discuss the threat of antibiotic resistance, which is only the fourth health issue to trigger a general assembly meeting. “But it is a global health threat that needs a global response.”The declaration routes the global response to superbugs along a similar path as the one used to combat climate change. Resistance isn’t futile – how to tackle drug-resistant superbugs Read moreScientists warned about the threat of antibiotic resistance decades ago, when pharmaceutical companies began the industrial production of medicine. But in the last few years, studies have dramatically increased awareness about antibiotic resistance.

Source: The Guardian September 21, 2016 04:01 UTC