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Week 7: Reducing antibiotic use

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This figure consists of an infographic from the O’Neill Review on Antimicrobial Resistance (2016). It illustrates the strategies to lower demand for antimicrobials and reduce unnecessary use. Each point is illustrated with a circular icon. The six strategies are: public awareness, sanitation and hygiene, antibiotics in agriculture and the environment, vaccines and alternatives, rapid diagnostics and human capital.

 1 Why do we need to reduce antibiotic use?