Two “wicked problems”: antimicrobial resistance meets climate change

Two “wicked problems”: antimicrobial resistance meets climate change

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Weekly Digest   Issue #48         Two “wicked problems”: antimicrobial resistance meets climate change   To mark World Antibiotic Awareness Week (18th–24th November 2019) expert Charles Clift discusses how approaches to tackling the climate crisis can also be applied to antimicrobial resistance.   READ MORE →

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