The head of the United Nations pressed countries for a global response to fighting antibiotic-resistant infections on Wednesday.

The U.N. General Assembly held a rare meeting in New York on Wednesday on superbugs, only the fourth meeting on health in the assembly’s history. U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said that the goal of the meeting is to get commitments from countries and other important stakeholders.

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