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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.

  1. 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

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