The Cost of Antibiotic Resistance
Dec 23, 2014•8 min
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Episode description
Antibiotics have transformed modern medicine, but their overuse has resulted in more drug–resistant strains of bacteria. As resistance increases, people in poorer countries often can’t afford expensive second-line drugs.
Ramanan Laxminarayan, Princeton University and director of the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy.
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