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Using management thinking to fight the superbug crisis

MORU Bangkok

Dr Marco J Haenssgen discusses the application of management thinking to solving the growing global problem of antimicrobial resistance.

Bacteria colonies in a petri dish

The full story is available on the University of Oxford website

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