“Our goal is to reduce antibiotic prescriptions by half in 5 years”

The government held the 86^th National Policy Coordination Meeting hosted by Prime Minister Gyo-ahn Hwang at the Central Government Complex on the 11^th, and confirmed the ‘National Antibiotic Resistance Management Plan(2016-2020)’ to response to antibiotic resistant which has been a worldwide threat.

Moreover, Minister Jin-yup Jung of Health and Welfare announced the plan through an advance bri...