A global partnership to combat antimicrobial resistance

05-09-2019 | Health | Article

Megan Jacob, associate professor in clinical microbiology, and Sid Thakur, director of global health and professor of epidemiology, both at the College of Veterinary Medicine at NCSU. Photo: North Carolina State University

Bacteria worldwide continue to develop resistance to life-saving drugs. Researchers from 6 colleges at North Carolina State University join forces with an international consortium in a fight against antimicrobial resistance. The global partnership is led by Sid Thakur, director of global health and professor of epidemiology at the College of Veterinary Medicine and North Carolina State University (NCSU), aims to develop new research projects and training programmes worldwide, said Greer Arthur,

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