Thursday, April 7, 2011

What Is 2011 World Health Day Theme?

"After presumably running down the list of big-name global health issues like malaria, AIDS, obesity, and childhood mortality, the World Health Organization settled on a 2011 theme that is as scientifically important as it is difficult to remember: antimicrobial resistance. It's the idea that the biggest health threat is the resistance that human bodies are building up to medicines aimed at fighting health threats. The problem is compounded by the emerging risk of highly resistant superbugs."

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