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Antibiotic resistance kills more than 1 million people a year, study says

• Why is antimicrobial resistance considered one of the biggest threats to public health in the 21st century?

• With reference to the map, ‘estimated global burden of antimicrobial resistance’ describes the variation in deaths attributed to pathogen-drug resistance and suggests reasons for the pattern

• Examine the suggestions made by individuals like Jim O’Neill to tackle the problem of antimicrobial resistance

• Investigate the variation in antibiotic use worldwide using the graph ‘In detail: trends in antibiotic use this century’. Consider the variation in use between high and low income countries

Alasdair Monteith, Gordonstoun