There are four core actions that will help fight these deadly infections: ■ preventing infections and preventing the spread of resistance ■ tracking resistant bacteria ■ improving the use of today’s antibiotics ■ promoting the development of new antibiotics and developing new diagnostic tests for resistant bacteria Bacteria will inevitably find ways of resisting the antibiotics we develop, which is why aggressive action is needed now to keep new resistance from developing and to prevent the resistance that already exists from spreading