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
What should India do to control antimicrobial resistance
To fight antibiotic resistance efficiently, a One Health approach that incorporates diverse stakeholders from farming, veterinary, medical and …
AMR driven by manufacturing our next big challenge
Antibiotics production is an important yet often forgotten driver of antimicrobial resistance; an alliance of pioneers has decided to pave the …
Drug-resistant infections: The silent pandemic that we must tackle now
As the world reels from the impact of COVID-19, it would be a tragedy not to apply the lessons we are learning to the fight against drug resistance
One-Health action is a must to slow down AMR chronic pandemic
The world can't contain antimicrobial resistance unless stakeholders from all sectors such as human and animal healths, environment, crops, food …
New certification scheme launched to ensure responsible antibiotic manufacturing in India
Manufacturers should provide effective environmental management and wastewater treatment systems to obtain this certification
Drug research for children lags behind that for adults; WHO steps in to change it
Bacterial infections, such as pneumonia, neonatal sepsis, and gastrointestinal infections, are the leading causes of death among children worldwide
Ethno-veterinary Practices: A game changer in reducing antibiotic misuse in livestock
Farmers can help reduce the scourge of antibiotic residues in livestock, especially dairy animals by adopting such practices
New antimicrobial toolkit by WHO, OIE, FAO aims to fill data gaps
Their report called for implementation of standards on antimicrobial use in a comprehensive manner across all five stages of the antimicrobial …
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
Antimicrobial resistance: The need to tackle access-excess problem
AMR, like every process, has its own drivers and determinants. The threat has evolved over time due to our acts of omission and commission
Vietnam is focusing on veterinary drug shops to tackle antimicrobial resistance
This is critical as the owners of such shops are often the first point of contact for Vietnamese farmers when their herds experience disease
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
How your Christmas turkey arrives already stuffed – with antibiotics
Antimicrobial resistance in livestock farming will reduce the impact of the suite of pharmaceuticals we rely on for fighting human diseases
Use of antibiotics in animal food leads to drug resistance in humans
A new report highlights the risks of antibiotic use in animals and their presence in effluents from pharmaceutical companies
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
Combating AMR: How Delhi’s campaign design for school kids helped
Schools, as institutions for people in their formative years, are strategic settings for advancing health promotion skills, practices and …
How antimicrobial resistance and zoonoses are linked
AMR and its relationship to human and animal morbidity is one of the biggest challenges facing modern medicine
Antimicrobial resistance: Use these ethnoveterinary medicines for Lumpy Skin Disease
Healthcare systems for livestock should be accessible, affordable and effective; ethnoveterinary medicine fulfils this criteria
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 …
Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2021: Antibiotic use trends in Mozambique’s veterinary sector and efforts to contain it
The country imports most of its veterinary antibiotics from the Netherlands, India, Argentina, South Africa, France and China
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 …
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 …
Role of veterinarians in reducing antibiotic misuse in animals: A conversation with Ntombi Mudenda
Ntombi Mudenda talks to Rajeshwari Sinha about how veterinarians can help in the fight against antimicrobial resistance
Reducing antibiotic misuse in animals: A discussion with Karl Pedersen and Amit Khurana
Pedersen and Khurana discuss methods and strategy to reduce the misuse of antibiotics in animals