The world is fighting two pandemics at the same time – COVID19 and the silent pandemic of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). AMR occurs when bacteria become resistant to antibiotics, making their infections harder to treat. In Europe, approximately 25.000 people die every year because of drug resistant infections. It is estimated that AMR will kill an extra 10 million people globally by 2050.

In this episode we will talk with Dr. Maarten van Dongen of the European platform AMR-insights and Dr. Yonghong Xiao, professor of infectious disease at the Zhejiang University and co-writer of China's national AMR action-plan. We will talk about the scope of the problem, which industries are involved in the issue, the most important strategies in halting AMR and in which fields we should collaborate internationally.