World Leaders Meet to Tackle Superbug Menace

Global health experts are so alarmed by the threat of superbugs that the United Nations will convene heads of state to tackle the health problem -- a step so extreme it's happened just three times before.

World leaders will gather on Wednesday with doctors and other experts for a high-level meeting to discuss the root of the problem – antimicrobial resistance – at the UN General Assembly. They are expected to adopt a political declaration that would then go to the full assembly to be adopted as a resolution. The only other health issues to prompt similar action were HIV, Ebola and noncommunicable diseases.