Superbugs: every one is responsible
Step by step, some improvement can be seen in our fight against the so called “superbugs”. The 2013 Eurobarometer survey on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), published in occasion of the 6th European Antibiotic Awareness Day, shows in fact a positive, even if modest, involution in EU citizens’ use and knowledge about antibiotics since the last survey in 2009: «It means that the process is reversible, but a lot of work still needs to be done» said Tonio Borg, Commissioner for Health at the European Commission.