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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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In an interview published by the Cambridge Core on behalf of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, OHT’s Dr. Ramanan Laxminarayan says, “I am optimistic that 20 years from now, we will have addressed this (antimicrobial resistance) in a significant way through a combination of tools, and we’ll look back and say that there […]

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Out in the Financial Times, an article highlights the rising prevalence of antimicrobial resistance in war-torn Ukraine. In early 2023, doctors found that a soldier in Ukraine who was wounded in the country’s armed conflict with Russia had an infection that was resistant to almost every antibiotic available. Despite the spread of antibiotic-resistant infections in several parts of […]

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Published in the Mongabay-India, an article highlights the impact of pharmaceutical pollution on the health and well-being of humans and animals and how it is driving the emergence of antimicrobial resistance.   Chemical compounds from antibiotics and other pharmaceuticals enter the environment through three primary ways—wastewater discharged from manufacturing facilities, human and animal excreta and […]

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An article published in The Washington Post delves into the ways global warming and heat waves expose India’s inequality and affect the health and well-being of people living in slums and other crowded areas with water shortages and long power outages in Kolkata, India. As life gets hotter, residents who are crowded into slums or unauthorized colonies […]

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The One Health Trust’s Dr. Ramanan Laxminarayan co-authored an article in Think Global Health, an initiative from the Council on Foreign Relations, that raised concerns over the non-inclusion of access to medical oxygen in the agenda of the UN General Assembly High-Level Meeting on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness, and Response, to be held in late September […]

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The Guardian covered the results of a global study published in the Lancet Planetary Health Journal. Researchers found that air pollution is driving the prevalence of antibiotic resistance which poses a significant threat to human health worldwide. The analysis used data from the One Health Trust’s ResMap, which included information from 100 countries over the […]

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In the Hans India, OHT’s Dr. Ramanan Laxminarayan talked about the importance of point-of-care diagnostics in the fight against hepatitis for World Hepatitis Day. He said, “In India, approximately 40 million people are chronically infected with hepatitis B, while around 12 million people are affected by hepatitis C. The substantial prevalence of these conditions, coupled […]

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Every Breath Counts — May 26, 2023. “The Lancet Global Health Commission on Medical Oxygen Security applauds the 194 Member States of the World Health Organization (WHO) gathered at the 76th World Health Assembly for their historic adoption of the first resolution dedicated to increasing access to medical oxygen. ‘Although the lack of medical oxygen […]

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