A united front is vital in fight against the ‘silent pandemic’

Fighting superbugs: A new kind of health diplomacy in which nations negotiate rules for cooperation and agree on their responsibilities and entitlements is needed to fight antimicrobial resistance. —360info/CC BY 4.0

IT’S called the “silent pandemic” and kills more people than HIV/AIDS and malaria combined. Antimicrobial resistance is a serious threat to human health. Already it has had a hand in the deaths of millions, and the numbers could get worse.

How countries take on this threat has wide-ranging repercussions. It will require a new kind of health diplomacy in which nations negotiate rules for cooperation and agree on their responsibilities and entitlements.