For A Pandemic Of Moderate Severity, This

At A Time Of Multiple Calamities In The World, We Cannot Allow The Loss Of Essential Antimicrobials, Essential Cures For Many Millions Of People, To Become The Next Global Crisis.

Doctors And Nurses, With Their Training And Their Experiences, They Would Be Able To Detect Unusual Patterns Of Disease. That's Why We Say It Is Important For Every Country To Have A Proper Surveillance System. The Function Of The Surveillance System Is To Detect Unusual Patterns Of Diseases.

Antimicrobial Resistance Is On The Rise In Europe And Elsewhere In The World. We Are Losing Our First-line Antimicrobials. Replacement Treatments Are More Costly, More Toxic, Need Much Longer Durations Of Treatment, And May Require Treatment In Intensive Care Units.

We Need To Empower Women. Give Women A Voice In The Decision-making Process. Give Women A Political Voice Where They Can Champion, For Their Own Welfare. And, Of Course, For Us. United Nations - Organizations, Agencies - We Need To Do Our Part.

Some Experts Say We Are Moving Back To The Pre-antibiotic Era. No. This Will Be A Post-antibiotic Era. In Terms Of New Replacement Antibiotics, The Pipeline Is Virtually Dry. A Post-antibiotic Era Means, In Effect, An End To Modern Medicine As We Know It. Things As Common As Strep Throat Or A Child's Scratched Knee Could Once Again Kill.