Description: Antibiotics are powerful drugs that can prevent and treat infections, but they are becoming less effective as a result of drug resistance. Superbugs describes this growing global threat, the systematic failures that have led to it, and solutions that governments, industries, and public health specialists can adopt.
Brief description: Anthony McDonnell is Senior Health Economist, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, and was Head of Economic Research for the Review on Antimicrobial Resistance.
Review Quotes: Jim O'Neill helped take the issue of antimicrobial resistance from the science lab to the global stage. He and coauthors Anthony McDonnell and William Hall impart a compelling story about the battle against what could become a mass killer of humanity.--David Cameron, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom