Today on the CDCs Safe Healthcare Blog, in recognition of the 2012 Get Smart about Antibiotics Week, Ramanan Laxminarayan, PhD, director of the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy (CDDEP), discusses the work that Extending the Cure (ETC) has done over the past five years around the critical issue of antibiotic resistance.
Learn more about the ETCs updated Resistance Map tool in Laxminarayans Safe Healthcare Blog posting at http://blogs.cdc.gov/safehealthcare/
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For the complete listing of Get Smart About Antibiotics Week activities and information, visit www.cdc.gov/getsmart.
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