Combating resistance: The case for a global antibiotics treaty

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2010-04-01

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The use of antibiotics by one person can profoundly affect the welfare of other people. I will argue that efforts to combat antimicrobial resistance generate a global collective action problem that only a well-designed international treaty can overcome. I begin by describing the problem of resistance and outlining some market-friendly policy tools that participants in a global treaty could use to control the problem. I then defend the claim that these policies can achieve their aim while protecting individual liberty and state autonomy. Finally, I offer some suggestions for a treaty, drawing lessons from the failure of the Kyoto Protocol on climate change and the success of the Montreal Protocol on ozone depletion. © 2010 The Author.

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10.1093/phe/phq001

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Anomaly, J (2010). Combating resistance: The case for a global antibiotics treaty. Public Health Ethics, 3(1). pp. 13–22. 10.1093/phe/phq001 Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/9148.

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