New action plan launched to combat emerging threat of untreatable gonorrhoea in England and Wales

New action plan launched to combat emerging threat of untreatable gonorrhoea in England and Wales: The first Gonorrhoea Resistance Action Plan for England and Wales is published today, recommending a heightened national response to combat this serious threat. The Action Plan was developed by the Gonococcal Resistance to Antimicrobials Surveillance Programme (GRASP), established by the Health Protection Agency (HPA) to monitor the growing global problem of emerging resistance over the last decade in the absence of new therapeutic options. Health Protection Agency