Way back in the last decade, when most of us were just waking up to the threat of microbial resistance to antibiotics, one person had been campaigning indefatigably for years. She was, and is Dame Sally Davies, former Chief Medical Officer of the UK, and a formidable intellect. Together with Professor Colin Garner , she was one of the moving spirits in promoting awareness, bringing in the great and the good, and generally getting us all moving.
So it is with unbridled honour and humility that we reproduce her latest article, for the Guardian news site, on the eve of the UN conference on the subject in New York. It’s a great state-of-play, this-is where-we-are now summary from some one who really does know. And it’s a quick easy read, which is more than you can say for some of the publications we hyperlink on these pages!
Yes, the situation is far from resolved. But without Dame Sally and the early pioneers, there probably wouldn’t have been such a conference at all. Or any of the other progress we have made in this last ten years or so. Thank you, great woman. Many people will one day owe their lives to you.
[2]https://www.gov.uk/government/people/sally-davies
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