[Correspondence] Pharmaceutical waste and antimicrobial resistance

On Sept 21, 2016, the United Nations called a meeting on antimicrobial resistance with policymakers to address antimicrobial resistance comprehensively and multisectorally.1 An estimated 700  000 people around the world die each year from drug-resistant strains of common bacterial infections, tuberculosis, and malaria,2 and total global deaths caused by antibiotic-resistant infections are estimated to reach 10 million per year by 2050, with economic losses exceeding US$100 trillion.
Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research