Writing in an editorial of the World Health Organisation journal released on Wednesday, Motsoaledi joined the health ministers of Norway, Brazil, Senegal, Indonesia, Thailand and France in committing to put strategies in place to reduce misuse of life-saving antibiotics.
South Africa has been developing such a strategy as part of its commitment to working with the World Health Organisation to reduce antibiotic misuse that is creating superbugs.
The WHO has warned that, by 2050, as many as 10million people a year could die because they are resistant to available antibiotics.
