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
Antibiotic resistance: The magic bullet’s toll
What if a saviour turns into a killer? After 80 years of use, overuse and abuse of antibiotics — termed magic bullets — microbes have …
World Antibiotic Awareness Week: Lack of access
Shortage of first-line antibiotics, which are essential to treat a wide range of common infections, is a major public health threat
UN General Assembly discusses antimicrobial resistance
This is only the fourth time a health issue has been taken up by the UN General Assembly
Scientists suggest cap on yearly antibiotic use
They also propose phasing-out use of antimicrobial growth romoters in animals with a deadline of five years
Superbug resistant to antibiotics found in dead World War I soldier
Over the years, the strain of the bacterium acquired mutations that made it more dangerous and persistent
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
Antibiotic resistance: Effect of climatic spike
A warming planet will induce the development of antibiotic resistance
Modi bats for judicious use of antibiotics
Antibiotic resistance is a critical global health issue which needs urgent attention
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
Antimicrobial resistance: Here is how pharma companies can reduce antibiotic pollution in effluents
There is a high risk of antibiotic residues entering the environment from wastewater used in manufacturing pharmaceuticals
Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2021: The fight to make Kerala antibiotic literate is on
Kerala was on track to achieve the short-term and long-term targets envisaged under the KARSAP plan to make Kerala antibiotic literate. With COVID-…
Antibiotic resistant bacteria found in river water
Banaras Hindu University researchers collected samples at 5 ghats on the Ganga in Varanasi
Wide differences in antibiotic use between countries: WHO
The discrepancies in consumption range from approximately 4 defined daily doses (DDD)/1,000 inhabitants per day to more than 64 DDD across 65 …
Antibiotic resistant genes found in Kerala mangrove ecosystem
Indian researchers have shown that antibiotic resistant genes are present in micro-organisms of mangrove regions in Kerala
Scientists demonstrate new approach to kill drug-resistant strains of bacteria
Preliminary observations indicate a potent multi-site effect on the cells making it hard for the bacteria to develop resistance
Undetected infiltration
Pharmaceutical drugs that we consume are travelling through our pee and poo and contaminating water sources
Over half of prescribed antibiotics in India can lead to AMR, finds National Centre for Disease Control
High use of antibiotics found; recommends defined policies and monitoring consumption
Common antibiotic linked to cardiac death
Drug increases the risk of potentially fatal heart rhythm problems
New report flags use of antibiotics on animals
Out of 155 countries, 45 acknowledged using antibiotics on animals, says report by World Organisation for Animal Health; wake up call for India
AMR Awareness Week: How colistin went from 'holy water' in medicine to 'sewage' of resistance
More research is needed to find out the long-term effects of using colistin on humans