5 Questions: The Antibiotic Footprint, Dr. Peter Collignon

The idea was conceived to make it clearer to people how to better know about and then control the amounts of antibiotics used within their own country. The antibiotic footprint is a way of presenting a simpler way of measuring the amounts used within their own country. The antibiotic footprint not only tells us what is happening in the medical arena and in people, but also what is used in animals, agriculture and aquaculture.