South Centre News on AMR, 7 August 2017
SOUTH CENTRE NEWS ON AMR is a service of the South Centre to provide news and information on issues relating to Antimicrobial Resistance.
SOUTH CENTRE NEWS ON AMR is a service of the South Centre to provide news and information on issues relating to Antimicrobial Resistance.
This update provides a snapshot of the activities of the Development, Innovation and Intellectual Property Programme during the month of July 2017.
This update provides a snapshot of the activities of the Development, Innovation and Intellectual Property Programme during the month of June 2017.
UN General Assembly: World leaders pledge action to control superbugs
By Martin Khor
World leaders at the Summit of the UN General Assembly last week spoke on the need to save millions of lives by controlling the crisis of antibiotic resistance and adopted a landmark political declaration calling for global action. At the opening of the Summit of the United Nations General Assembly on 20 September, it sounded much like the swansong of two of the regular stalwarts of this annual affair. It is the last General Assembly to be attended by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the United States President Barack Obama. (more…)