How are different countries tackling the issue?

There has been a slowly growing groundswell from academic and learned organization initiatives in recent years that has led to heightened interest and action from politicians across the globe. The Transatlantic Taskforce on Antimicrobial Resistance was established by US Presidential declaration in 2009 and issued its first report in September 2012, identifying the need for intensified cooperation between the US and Europe. In the European Union, the EMA has been reviewing the requirements for clinical trials of antibacterial treatments, while in India the publication of the Chennai Declaration led to changes in Indian law aimed at ending the sale of over-the-counter antibiotics. In the UK, the topic of drug resistance remains high on the political agenda – mainly thanks to the efforts of Chief Medical Officer Dame Sally Davies leading global role, Antibiotic Action and the All Party Parliamentary Committee on Antibiotics (of which BSAC is the secretariat). In 2013, both the World Health Organization and the UK government published their five-year strategies on antimicrobial resistance, while in July 2014, UK Prime Minister David Cameron declared the need for urgent and global action as he announced the launch of a commission on antibiotic resistance.