Antimicrobial Resistance: Is the World UNprepared?

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Long Blurb:
On September 21st 2016 the United Nations General Assembly convenes in New York, United States to tackle a looming and seemingly inevitable global challenge with the potential to threaten the health and wellbeing of all people: antimicrobial resistance. In an Editorial, the PLOS Medicine Editors reflect on the challenge of coordinating the response to antimicrobial resistance in order to ensure the viability of current antimicrobials and the development of new therapies against resistant pathogens. Short Blurb: In this month's Editorial, the PLOS Medicine Editors reflect on the upcoming United Nations General Assembly meeting which convenes to discuss the global challenge of antimicrobial resistance.

Vyšlo v časopise: Antimicrobial Resistance: Is the World UNprepared?. PLoS Med 13(9): e32767. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1002130
Kategorie: Editorial
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