Antibiotic resistance: Chief Medical Officers pledge to encourage appropriate use of antibiotics

  Antimicrobial resistance - when bacteria no longer responds to the antibiotics designed to kill them - is one of the biggest threats to global health. It can lead to longer hospital stays, higher medical costs and increased rates of mortality. Around half of all antibiotics are prescribed for the wrong reason, which is speeding up resistance, the insurer said. The CMO Network is a group of some of the world's largest employers, managed by Bupa. Companies in the Global CMO Network include Unilever, GSK and IBM.  Each signatory has committed to take action to support global effo...