Antibiotic resistance plan to fight 'urgent' global threat Drug-resistant superbugs are as big a threat as climate change, the health secretary will say as he unveils a new five-year plan to tackle the problem.
Overuse of antibiotics is making infections harder to treat and leading to thousands of deaths a year through drug-resistant superbugs.
The government plans to change the way it funds drug companies to encourage them to develop new medicines.
It is also increasing efforts to cut unnecessary use of the drugs. BBC News
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Overuse of antibiotics is making infections harder to treat and leading to thousands of deaths a year through drug-resistant superbugs.
The government plans to change the way it funds drug companies to encourage them to develop new medicines.
It is also increasing efforts to cut unnecessary use of the drugs. BBC News
See also:
- Antimicrobial resistance: UK launches 5-year action plan and 20-year vision Department of Health and Social Care
- College welcomes national action plan in the fight against antibiotic resistance Royal College of General Practitioners
- NHS will roll out electronic prescribing to curb 'global health emergency' of antibiotic resistance The Daily Telegraph
- Antibiotic-resistant infections a 'global health emergency', Matt Hancock to say The Independent
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