Ban use of TB drug on crops: Central panel

Minutes of the meeting said that streptomycin, tetracycline use be phased out by 2022-end for crops for which no options were available

Antimicrobial resistance: India needs to enhance framework for monitoring antibiotics

Global procurement focus shifting to monitoring drug manufacturing practices  

Our daily dose of antibiotics

As dairy farmers inject antibiotics in their livestock, chances are high that these are passed on to humans through milk, finds Delhi-based non-…

Chickens from intensive farms worries urban India, shows recent consumer research

In intensive farming, chickens are raised with gained weight, painful lameness, skin lesions, leg fractures, lung problems, bone problems and …

Antimicrobial resistance: Here are some practices that can improve milk quality, cattle health

There is a lack of knowledge and expertise regarding how to limit the use of antibiotics at the farm level without harming cattle health

AMR Awareness Week: Educating teachers and students on antimicrobial use, resistance

Educating children on antimicrobial use instils responsible habits and attitudes early on, shaping the behaviour of future patients and caregivers

Global experts discuss challenges, possibilities around antibiotics becoming a global public good

The world has a right and a shared responsibility to secure antibiotics globally so that it can continue to be effective

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

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

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

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

Pushing antibiotic development agenda needs more support

Current investments are not enough, need to be supplemented

AMR Awareness Week: The link with climate change, water & why we need to incentivise measures against antimicrobial resistance

Many countries now have national AMR action plans, but implementation remains vastly different

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

India beats many in high grade antibiotics abuse: Study

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

Simply Put: Antimicrobial resistance

Simply Put: Antimicrobial Resistance

Simply Put: Antibiotic resistance

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

Simply put: Antibiotics in food crops

Rise of AMR could result in up to 10 million annual deaths by 2050: UN report

AMR can push 24 million more people into extreme poverty by 2030

India poised to advance in antibiotic development: VS Chauhan & Nitin Yadav

CSE-DTE speak to Virander S Chauhan and Nitin Yadav, co-founders of Biotide Solutions LLP, about the global AMR scenario

The rise and fall of antibiotics. What would a post-antibiotic world look like?

Surveys have found 22% of antimicrobial use in hospitals is inappropriate

Antimicrobial resistance: Here’s what can be done to address environmental AMR in India

India is the world’s largest consumer of antibiotics in terms of total volume

DTE Coverage: World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2022

The WAAW 2022 concluded with the Muscat Ministerial Manifesto on AMR

Antibiotic resistance: AMR in Ghana, huge public health threat under cover

Health dept steps may fall short due to inadequate funding by government, donors