Super drug-resistant gene raises new health alarm

ANTIBIOTIC resistance – a process in which antibiotics no longer work because bacteria have become resistant to them – has climbed up the global agenda because of growing awareness of the immense threat this poses to human health and survival.

However, there is still not enough action to tackle this crisis. Health ministers meeting at the World Health Assembly in Geneva later this month have an opportunity to review the extent to which a Global Action Plan adopted last year has been implemented.