Lancet releases new series on AMR, underscores need for action with focus on LMICs

Series prioritises human cost, stressing infection prevention, affordable antibiotic access and attainable containment goals      

Lack of access to antibiotics is a key driver of antimicrobial resistance

Sustainable access to antibiotics in low- and middle-income countries is crucial

Pushing antibiotic development agenda needs more support

Current investments are not enough, need to be supplemented

India beats many in high grade antibiotics abuse: Study

The drugs to be prescribed in ICUs are being given for primary care

AMR Awareness Week: Combating AMR in European Union through a One Health approach

Today, one in five bacterial infections in Europe is caused by a pathogen that is resistant to antibiotics

Three UN organisations launch a new global coalition of global leaders to tackle AMR

20-member group to be co-chaired by Bangladesh and Barbados prime ministers

AMR Awareness Week: US FDA is too close to meat and drug industries when it comes to protecting public health

FDA has helped to create antibiotic-intensive livestock system of US

AMR Awareness Week: FAO’s biosecurity protocol can help create healthy farms with less antibiotic use

The three-zone biosecurity initiative by FAO was originally launched in 2013 to contain avian flu outbreaks

AMR Awareness Week: Antimicrobial research and development needs greater push through policies

We need policies to reward R&D, bring products to market and ensure equitable access and prudent use

AMR Awareness Week: Subscription-based economic model can help unblock pipeline for new antibiotics

At present, drug development is only profitable if combination of prices and sales volumes is sufficiently high

Antibacterial resistance: Don't compromise

The only way to combat antibiotic resistance is to keep the environment clean

Breaking the mould

Microbes will always triumph over antibiotics. We can only choose the battles that will make a difference

Too much too often: Antibiotics in Indian crops can make them ineffective

Antibiotics are indiscriminately used on food crops in several parts of the country, adding to the burden of antibiotic resistance    

Rising antimicrobial resistance among newborns calls for novel antibiotic regimens

Newborn infection rates in low-income countries are three-20 times higher than in high-income countries

Report finds positive associations between antimicrobial use in animals and AMR in humans

Overuse and misuse of antimicrobials is one of the main drivers of antimicrobial resistance

AMR has to be addressed not as a microbiological problem but as a social construct

We must realise that AMR is an occurrence because of a natural instinct for survival of living beings, which has got aggravated because of …

Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2021: Two crucial lessons for AMR on irrational antimicrobial use during COVID-19

Antibiotic misuse was more in strained healthcare systems such as India during COVID-19 than in high-income countries

‘One Health’ key in Zimbabwe’s fight against antimicrobial resistance

Since AMR is a complex problem involving several sectors, Zimbabwe is using the best possible strategy to fight it

Antimicrobial resistance has a huge economic impact too

An additional 24 million people, most of them in poor countries, will be forced into poverty by 2030 due to costs of hospital visits arising out …

India’s antibiotics consumption shot up by 103% since 2000: study

India had the largest increase in antibiotic consumption in low and middle income countries and also surpassed America’s antibiotic …

Antimicrobial resistance: How factory farming is destroying our planet

The health and well-being of animals, people and our planet are interdependent. Poor animal health and welfare in intensive farming negatively …

Lancet study finds Indians use more azithromycin, ofloxacin than needed

It’s an enormous health risk, say experts, as it can accelerate the problem of antimicrobial resistance, which is a grave public health issue

Antibiotic use in food animals can be reduced by improving their welfare

Antibiotics should be reserved to treat animals, not used to promote fast growth or as band aids across the herd to prevent stressed …

AMR action plan in MP a satisfying, progressive endeavour: Experts

Only three states in India — Kerala, Madhya Pradesh and Delhi — action plans to deal with AMR 

Combating AMR: How Kerala reduced antibiotic misuse in animals

Kerala has operationalised AMR protection plan in animal health by conceptualisating a ‘one-health’ response