- October 9, 2024AMR surveillance challenges
In the University of Oxford’s Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, “Dr Geetanjali Kapoor gives a series of talks on AMR surveillance best practices from 9 to 15 October, understanding real-world challenges associated with large datasets from disparate sources, laboratory methods, country workshops, and the importance of AMR surveillance. The series is based on […]
Read moreRead more Read More - October 8, 2024CDC and Global Partners Commit to Collective Action to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance
In Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Safe Healthcare Blog, “On September 22, One Health Trust, CDC, and other partners co-hosted a side event where representatives from across the world discussed targets and shared feasible solutions to combating the growing public health threat of antimicrobial resistance. I spoke on a panel that acknowledged the limited […]
Read moreRead more Read More - October 1, 2024A ‘very solvable’ problem: Steps needed to tackle global antimicrobial resistance
In the University of Minnesota’s CIDRAP, “On September 26, the eyes of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) experts everywhere will be on New York, where world leaders and policymakers will gather for the second United Nations High-Level Meeting on AMR. Among those who’ll be watching is Ramanan Laxminarayan, PhD, MPH, founder and president of the One Health […]
Read moreRead more Read More - September 27, 2024Mpox is accelerating antimicrobial resistance in Africa, officials warn
In BMJ, Jean Kaseya, director general of Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, spoke in New York at the symposium organized by the One Health Trust, ahead of the UN high-level meeting on antimicrobial resistance (AMR). “The head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has warned that the spread of […]
Read moreRead more Read More - September 27, 2024Nations vow to cut deaths from drug-resistant bacteria
In the Scidevnet, “Low- and middle-income countries are disproportionately affected by drug-resistant infections, partly because they also have the highest prevalence of infectious diseases. But, ‘there’s not a single country in the world that does not have this problem,’ says Ramanan Laxminarayan, director of the One Health Trust, a global health research organisation based in […]
Read moreRead more Read More - September 27, 2024UN calls for action, accountability on antimicrobial resistance
In the University of Minnesota’s CIDRAP, “World leaders agreed to a wide-ranging set of commitments to address antimicrobial resistance (AMR) through a One Health approach. The commitments are laid out in a political declaration adopted today by 193 United Nations (UN) member states at the UN High-Level Meeting on AMR in New York. While the […]
Read moreRead more Read More - September 26, 2024The Global Threat of Antibiotic Resistance
In The New York Times, OHT’s Dr. Ramanan Laxminarayan explains how antimicrobial resistance has been framed as a problem of excess for so long – people and animals ingesting too many antibiotics – but the cause of the problem cannot be reduced just to that. ‘“Millions of people around the world have never even taken […]
Read moreRead more Read More - September 26, 2024Devex CheckUp: Can UNGA’s declaration make a real difference for AMR?
In Devex, Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley spoke at an antimicrobial resistance (AMR) event co-organized by the One Health Trust held on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly. “She said, ‘The world needs to pause and get a few things right, and AMR is one of those things at the center of it.’ According […]
Read moreRead more Read More - September 26, 2024Antimicrobial resistance is a ‘solvable problem,’ but needs momentum
In Devex‘s coverage of its event held alongside the United Nations General Assembly in New York City, OHT’s Ramanan Laxminarayan said, “Three key things are needed to curb this (AMR) crisis. First, there’s a need for stronger infection prevention efforts in low- and middle-income countries, such as clean water and adequate sanitation. Second, there’s a […]
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