Antibiotic resistance is an even greater challenge in remote Indigenous communities
- Written by Asha Bowen, Head, Skin Health, Telethon Kids Institute
Antibiotic-resistant infections already cause at least 700,000 deaths globally every year.
Although the phenomenon is most concerning for serious infections people are admitted to hospital with, antibiotic resistance means common bacterial infections could one day be impossible to treat.
Appropriately, the issue has received national and global atten...
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