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Antibiotic pollution worsens antimicrobial resistance as a warming climate accelerates the spread of superbugs

Policies and tailored interventions need to be adopted to mitigate the growing global threat of antimicrobial resistance

Knowledge assessment is essential to policymaking, including for health. This report measures awareness of antibiotics and antimicrobial resistance, and finds crucial gaps in understanding on many issues. In a survey among visitors to a science museum in Kolkata, the authors found, for example, more than six of every 10 respondents (67 percent) believing that antibiotics can be used to treat viral infections. This report highlights the need to de