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S1E73: What to know about antimicrobial resistance: Health Check Ep 73
Health Check Ep 73: What to know about antimicrobial resistance
21:28 mins
Synopsis: Every first and third Wednesday of the month, The Straits Times helps you make sense of health matters that affect you.
The World Health Organisation has declared that antimicrobial resistance or AMR is one of the top 10 global public health threats facing humanity. AMR occurs when some of the germs that cause infections no longer respond to the drugs designed to kill them.
Infections then become harder or impossible to treat.
In this episode, ST senior health correspondent Joyce Teo speaks to Associate Prof…
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