UK medical chief: ‘We are in an arms race against microbes’
- ️Else, Holly
- ️Fri May 03 2019
- NEWS Q&A
- 03 May 2019
Britain’s outgoing chief medical officer, Sally Davies, says there are still clear gaps in the fight against antimicrobial resistance.
- Holly Else
Sally Davies is part of a group that this week issued a stark warning to the head of the United Nations: if no action is taken on antimicrobial resistance, 10 million people worldwide could die each year by 2050.
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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-01409-x