(Guarded) Optimism that the Word will begin to deal with Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) in 2014

From Commission on Smart Global Health Policy Fri May 9 2014, 17:27:28

"Urgent, ubiquitous, and long-term, this is a problem with many dimensions, all of which need to be dealt with simultaneously." With these words, Dr. Harvey Fineberg, President of the Institute of Medicine (IOM), summarized a riveting discussion Tuesday evening at the IOM. "Antimicrobial Resistance: A Problem without Borders" was the focus of Tuesday's Rosenthal Symposium, the latest in an escalating series of high-profile working groups, events and initiatives addressing AMR, in non-profit, corporate and academic sectors as well as government, within and across the United States and around the globe.

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