The British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (BSAC) is a UK-based multi-professional organisation committed to preventing infectious diseases and tackling the growing threat of drug-resistant infections – one of the one of the top global public health and development threats.

[1] As one of the world’s largest networks of infection specialists, BSAC has thousands of members[2] and works with a wide range of stakeholders, including researchers, scientists, health care providers, policymakers, and industry leaders to support their work and help them reach a global audience.

On receiving BSAC's highest award, the Garrod Medal,[3] in 2021, Dame Sally Davies, the UK's Special Envoy on Antimicrobial Resistance, commented: "For fifty years, BSAC have been at the forefront of the global fight against AMR...enabling communities globally to be more than the sum of their parts.

"[4] Current BSAC activities include: