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Out in The Week, an article features OHT’s Dr. Ramanan Laxminarayan’s commentary on the growing stray dog menace in India, primarily due to the lack of effective sterilization programs in the country. As per the data released by the Indian government’s Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, the number of dog bites reported in the country has surged […]

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An article published in Nature sheds light on what India is doing to mitigate the spread of antimicrobial resistance — which has emerged as a major public health threat due to the country’s poorly regulated pharmaceutical industry and a public–private divide in healthcare that has not only contributed to the excessive use of antibiotics but […]

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Out in The National News, an article reveals that India detected its first case of the JN.1 coronavirus sub-variant amid a sharp surge in Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations, thus prompting health authorities to ask states to increase precautionary measures against the spread of infections. OHT’s Dr. Ramanan Laxminarayan comments, “COVID is with us permanently and […]

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Out in the Dhaka Mail, an article covers the “Antimicrobial Resistance and Vaccines Workshop” organized by the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b) and the Global Antibiotic Resistance Partnership (GARP). Find the article here.

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An article published in the Bangla Tribune covers the “Antimicrobial Resistance and Vaccines Workshop” organized by the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b) and the Global Antibiotic Resistance Partnership (GARP). Find the article here.

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An article published in the Daily Sun covers the “Antimicrobial Resistance and Vaccines Workshop” organized by the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b) and the Global Antibiotic Resistance Partnership (GARP), an initiative led by OHT to promote actionable policies to control the spread of drug resistance in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The workshop, funded by the […]

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An article published in The Financial Express covers the “Antimicrobial Resistance and Vaccines Workshop – Bangladesh” held in Dhaka and organized by the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b) and the Global Antibiotic Resistance Partnership (GARP), an initiative led by OHT to promote actionable policies to control the emergence and spread of drug […]

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An article published in The New York Times covers the exciting story about the groundbreaking oral treatment for gonorrhea, Zoliflodacin, acing its phase 3 clinical trials. The nonprofit, GARDP, developed the antibiotic in collaboration with an American pharmaceutical company called Innoviva Specialty Therapeutics. The nonprofit sponsored the Phase 3 trial of the drug. In exchange, it holds […]

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An article and podcast published in NPR’s Goats and Soda highlights the troubling results of new research published in The Lancet Regional Health – Southeast Asia — the most commonly prescribed antibiotics in Southeast Asia are now only 50% effective at treating sepsis and meningitis in newborns. This is largely due to growing resistance to […]

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