SouthViews No. 157, 9 December 2017
Action Needed to Avoid the End of Modern Medicine
By Martin Khor
As global health leaders warn that antibiotic resistance is leading to the end of modern medicine, the World Health Organization (WHO) issues guidelines to prohibit or restrict using antibiotics to feed animals reared for their meat. Urgent coordinated actions are needed to avoid the end of modern medicine. The author Martin Khor is the Executive Director of the South Centre. This article was also published by Inter Press Service (IPS)
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Action Needed to Avoid the End of Modern Medicine
This article was tagged: Access to Health, Antibiotic Resistance, Antibiotics for Animals, Global Health, Modern Medicine, Right to Health, World Health Organization (WHO)