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Studying cellular mechanisms and focussing on clinical use will only take us so far in the battle to reduce the impact of AMR. It’s also crucial to understand and influence behaviour across a broad range of interlinking, yet often disparate, global communities.
To achieve this, a truly interdisciplinary approach is needed. Exeter’s One Health ethos unites social scientists and specialists in humanities with microbiologists, mathematicians and many more, achieving a holistic approach to influencing policy and behaviours.
The key role of interdisciplinary working
Professor Judith Green, Director of the University of Exeter Wellcome Centre for Cultures and Environments of Health, said she was seeing an increasing recognition of the importance of the social sciences and humanities in global health issues.