{"id":18037,"date":"2020-11-18T16:39:58","date_gmt":"2020-11-18T16:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.un.org\/feed\/view\/en\/audio\/2020\/11\/1077952"},"modified":"2020-11-18T16:39:58","modified_gmt":"2020-11-18T16:39:58","slug":"antimicrobial-resistance-the-next-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2020\/11\/18\/antimicrobial-resistance-the-next-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Antimicrobial resistance – the next pandemic?"},"content":{"rendered":"
All around the world, people, plants and animals are dying from infections that cannot be treated \u2013 even with the best medicines available.\u00a0<\/p>\n
That is\u202fbecause of the rise in antimicrobial resistance - the increasing failure of antibiotics and other life-saving drugs to treat diseases.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It is\u202fa global problem that threatens to be\u00a0the\u00a0cause of the\u00a0next pandemic, as\u202fthe UN\u202fFood and Agriculture Organization\u202f(FAO<\/a>) Chief Veterinary Officer Keith Sumption explains to FAO<\/a>\u2019s Charlotta Lomas.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n