Antimicrobial resistance is a public health and economic disaster waiting to happen. If we do not address this threat, by 2050 more people will die from drug-resistant infections than from cancer.
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Antibiotic resistance is one of the greatest health challenges we face today. But making a few small changes to the way antibiotics are prescribed could make a big difference in Australia.
The overuse of antibiotics puts vulnerable patients and society at risk.
It's not a matter of if, but when, the next deadly pandemic will strike. Will the world be ready?
Superbugs used to pose the greatest risk to people with compromised immune systems and those who had surgery. But their sexual transmission means antibiotic resistance can spread much more widely.
We know overuse and inappropriate use of antibiotics contribute to resistance, so it's important we develop strategies to improve practice.
Top contributors
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Professor of Public Health, Bond University
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IMB Fellow, The University of Queensland
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Associate Dean For Global One Health, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences; and Director, Pandemic and Biosecurity Policy Program, Scowcroft Institute for International Affairs, Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University
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Deputy Director, Pandemic & Biosecurity Policy Program, Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs, Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University
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Professor, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
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Associate Professor, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
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Director of the Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs and Executive Professor, Texas A&M University
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Reader Respiratory Care, Edge Hill University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Bond University
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MD, General practitioner, PhD-student, Lund University
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Professor of Biocchemistry and Biomedical Sciences, McMaster University
