The challenge of anti-microbial resistance
In conversation with Chris Dye, Sally Davies will explore the major challenge of anti-microbial resistance and discuss whether people\u2019s greater appreciation of medical risk due to the pandemic will help the development of effective countermeasures. Date\n11 February 2021, 5:00pm - 6:00pm\n\nLocation\nOnline\n\nEvent Recording:\n\n\nSince their widespread deployment in the mid-20th century, effective antibiotics have been at the forefront of medicine saving countless lives.\n\nBut the last two decades have seen an alarming rise in pathogens resistant to antibiotics (anti-microbial resistance or AMR), while there are fewer novel antibiotics in the research and development pipeline. During her time as the UK\u2019s Chief Medical Officer, and since leaving that position in 2019, Dame Sally Davies, the UK Special Envoy on Antimicrobial Resistance, has been tireless in pointing out the great dangers of AMR to health throughout the world and suggesting what needs to be done.