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Food Tank published a feature explaining the growing global threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), with insights from OHT’s Dr. Ramanan Laxminarayan.  The article explores how antimicrobial use across human health, animal health, and food production contributes to the emergence and spread of resistance and highlights the importance of a One Health approach to addressing AMR.  Read the […]

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In his Hindustan Times column, Vital Signs, OHT’s Dr. Ramanan Laxminarayan writes that regulation should go beyond punishment and focus on creating incentives for good behavior. Using examples from India, including road safety, workplace safety, food hygiene, and antibiotic use, he highlights how governments can reward people and businesses that consistently follow safety standards. For […]

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India’s artificial Intelligence (AI) future may depend not just on better algorithms, but on something more basic: energy, data, and computing infrastructure. In his Hindustan Times column, Vital Signs, OHT’s Dr. Ramanan Laxminarayan writes that while India lags behind the U.S. and China in AI chips and advanced computing, it has a major advantage in […]

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An Op-Ed co-authored by OHT’s Dr. Amit Summan in Indian Express highlights findings from Dr. Summan’s OHT collaborative study on the long-term health and economic benefits of more effective bidi taxation. Bidis are the most widely used smoked tobacco product in India.  Published in BMJ Tobacco Control, the researchers modelled the impact of a 30 […]

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On the podcast Asian Innovation for Global Good, OHT’s Dr. Ramanan Laxminarayan joined experts from across the health, agriculture, technology, and philanthropy sectors to explore how scientific innovation and data-driven tools can translate into practical solutions. Recorded at the sixth Philanthropy Asia Summit in Singapore, the episode looks at innovations ranging from AI-enabled rice research […]

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In his Hindustan Times column, Vital Signs, OHT’s Dr. Ramanan Laxminarayan looks at India’s growing push to use ethanol, a fuel made from crops, in petrol. India aims to blend 20 percent ethanol into petrol, partly to reduce its dependence on imported oil and support farmers. The policy initially helped India’s powerful sugar industry by […]

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In coverage by the Indian Express of a study co-authored by OHT’s Dr. Ramanan Laxminarayan, he highlighted the study’s key findings: “Our study found that in India, some patients were exposed unnecessarily to antibiotics, while others did not have access to the right antibiotics to treat their infections.” He added, “Strategies to improve antibiotic use […]

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A paper co-authored by OHT’s Dr. Ramanan Laxminarayan has been recognized as the most cited paper contributing to the 2025 Impact Factor of the International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents. The review explores how a One Health approach can help preserve the effectiveness of colistin, a last-resort antibiotic, and combat antimicrobial resistance. Read the article here.

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The Hindu covered an OHT study by Dr. Erta Kalanxhi and Dr. Ramanan Laxminarayan, highlighting how droughts can accelerate the emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance in soil microbes. Read it here.

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