Antimicrobial resistance leaving infections untreatable
Antibiotics have stopped us dying from minor infections, but their over-use and abuse means there are now bacteria resistant to almost all of them. This year 193 countries agreed at the United Nations that global action was required. In the UK, the number of prescriptions for antibiotics is going down, but superbugs will need to be tackled everywhere in order to turn the tide on resistance. Our South Asia correspondent Justin Rowlatt reports from India, seen as a significant source of a worldwide problem, and our guest editor, Dame Sally Davies, spoke to the founder of Microsoft and noted philanthropist Bill Gates. (Photo: Antibiotics. Credit: Getty Images).