Fight against AMR: UN calls for global cooperation & agreement on pandemic treaty
Multi-sectoral cooperation, technology, innovation, research needed to tackle AMR, says Amina Mohammed
High-level event on AMR emphasises prevention approaches to tackle pipeline, access crisis for antibiotics & diagnostics
Global coordination necessary to develop new and affordable diagnostic testing, vaccines and antimicrobial alternatives, says Sunita Narain
Tackling AMR: For LMICs, prevention is the best solution, say experts at CSE's international workshop
Recommendations from workshop to inform High-Level Meeting on AMR scheduled at UN General Assembly later this year
FAO publishes first national report on AMR surveillance in India’s fisheries, livestock sectors
Data generated on AMR trends will be helpful to inform policy and decision making for AMR containment
India has highest rate of antibiotic resistance, says study
Low- and middle-income countries report the highest increase in antibiotic resistance
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
Antibiotic resistance: AMR in Ghana, huge public health threat under cover
Health dept steps may fall short due to inadequate funding by government, donors
Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2021: Zimbabwe’s initiatives to prevent and contain AMR
A look at the steps taken by the Government of Zimbabwe to contain AMR in the country
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
Honeybees could be biomonitors for AMR spread, suggests paper
The insects can carry genetic elements of key AMR drivers in their digestive tracts
Climate change increasing threats from Vibrio bacteria: Study
Warming catalyses antimicrobial resistance
Health in news on May 14
A round-up of what's new in health
Antimicrobial resistance: Here is how to reduce AMR in factory farming
Key to combatting AMR is understanding its multistakeholder and multidimensional nature
Antimicrobial resistance: How biosecurity in livestock can be a tool to improve animal health, reduce antimicrobial use
Inability to measure biosecurity and hygiene status of a farm has been a major obstacle
Antibiotic resistance: How Zambia is trying to reign in AMR
Antibiotic abuse dog the country like many of its counterparts in Africa
Antibiotic resistance: Spread across the world
Asia and Africa will account for 88.8 per cent of deaths from antimicrobial resistance
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: 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
NCDC survey on antibiotic use highlights need for properly monitoring critically important antimicrobials to mitigate AMR
A third of most commonly prescribed antibiotics were third generation cephalosporins, a class of critically important antimicrobials, …
AMR Awareness Week: Tackling antimicrobial resistance in agrifood systems through a One Health approach
Adopting a whole-of-society and multi-sectoral approach is essential to address AMR effectively
New class of antibiotics that can kill drug-resistant bacteria finally on the horizon?
Zosurabalpin was found to have potent, selective activity against Acinetobacter strains, including drug-resistant strains of Carbapenem-resistant …
AMR Awareness Week: Natural livestock farming effective bottom-up approach to reduce antibiotic use in dairy sector
Crisis with AMR obliges dairy sector to look beyond maximising cattle productivity and focus on both milk quantity, quality
AMR Awareness Week: Kerala’s AMR committees & literacy campaigns example of participatory antimicrobial stewardship
A hub-and-spoke model of AMR surveillance has been initiated in almost all districts
World faces a triple health jeopardy as drug pipeline for new antibiotics dries up
It is time to look at antibiotics as global public good