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England’s chief medical officer Prof Dame Sally Davies says action is needed around the world to tackle ‘hidden’ problem that is already claiming lives.
She warned of a “post-antibiotic apocalypse” and urged world leaders to address the growing threat of antibiotic resistance.
Each year about 700,000 people around the world die due to drug-resistant infections including tuberculosis, HIV and malaria.
If no action is taken, it has been estimated that drug-resistant infections will kill 10 million people a year by 2050.
