Dra. Maria Àngels Calvo
“This is a serious public health problem that must be addressed from the concept of a world, a single health -said the academician-. Less than a year ago, at an unprecedented meeting, researchers from around the world tackled an issue affecting both the health and food sectors, as this resistance is largely due to the use of systematic antibiotics on farms“.
“If we don’t have effective antimicrobials to prevent and treat infections, interventions like organ transplants, major surgery, chemotherapy or diabetes treatment, for example, can become high-risk procedures -she said-. We must seek alternatives to the use of antibiotics in animal husbandry and, above all, a broad and rigorous international consensus to end current practices”.
