World Health Day

We bet you can't guess the theme of this year's World Health Day. And no, that line wasn't laced with sarcasm -- really, we bet you can't. After presumably running down the list of big-name global health issues like malaria, AIDS, obesity, and childhood mortality, the World Health Organization settled on a 2011 theme that is as scientifically important as it is difficult to remember: antimicrobial resistance. It's the idea that the biggest health threat is the resistance that human bodies are building up to medicines aimed at fighting health threats. The problem is compounded by the emerging risk of highly resistant superbugs. Whoa. While it may not make for the catchiest public-awareness campaign, it gets major points for being daringly meta.

THU, APRIL 07
RESIST
World Health Day

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