Antibiotic resistance: a major concern for food safety

Dr Hilde Kruse, Programme Manager Food Safety, WHO Regional Office for Europe

Antibiotics have revolutionised the treatment of infectious diseases. Unfortunately, their use and misuse have also resulted in the development and spread of antibiotic resistance, which causes treatment failures and consequently more severe and longer-lasting diseases, increased hospitalisation rates, more deaths and higher costs to society. Antibiotic resistance has now become a growing public health problem that requires urgent attention…

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