The Role Of Governments

Significantly, the Executive Summary of the WHO Global Strategy states: " Much of the responsibility for implementation of the strategy will fall on individual countries.

To be sure, a number of governments have developed programs to contain antimicrobial resistance, with emphasis on collaboration inside and outside their national boundaries. These programs include better tracking of antimicrobial use and resistant microbes, improved infection control, appropriate use of antimicrobials in medicine and agriculture, research to understand resistance, and development of new medicines. WHO's Report on Infectious Diseases 2000 was not optimistic. Why?

The report pointed to "a lack of political will on the part of the governments whose priorities may not be public health." It added: "Disease - and therefore resistance - also thrives in conditions of civil unrest, poverty, mass migration and environmental degradation where large numbers of people are exposed to infectious diseases." Unfortunately these very problems are ones that human governments have never been able to solve.

However, the Bible tells of a government that will not only solve the problems that spawn disease but also eliminate sickness altogether. You may think that some germs will always cause harm, but there are good reasons to believe that the future will be far better than that.

When No Germ Cause Harm