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Rod Card

What you need to know about drug resistant infections: the invisible pandemic

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Image of a syringe next to three vials entitled, 'World Antimicrobial Awareness Week, 18-24 November'

Antimicrobial resistance, the invisible pandemic. Learn more about what has recently been described as a profound threat to global health security and how APHA is sharing our world-renowned knowledge and expertise to protect against this threat internationally.

Establishment of an International Reference Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance

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Five gentlemen and one lady standing in front of a pull-up banner sign to their left saying, Antimicrobial Resistance, the role of food and agriculture.

On 19 November Dame Sally Davies, the UK Chief Medical Officer, announced the establishment of an International Reference Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) formed by three Defra Group agencies. In this blog Rod Card (APHA senior scientist for the AMR …