- November 18, 2024Global antibiotic consumption has increased substantially since 2016, study finds
In the Medical Xpress, “Researchers affiliated with the One Health Trust (OHT), the Population Council, GlaxoSmithKline, the University of Zurich, the University of Brussels, Johns Hopkins University, and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health analyzed pharmaceutical sales data from 67 countries from 2016-2023 for the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and economic growth […]
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- November 18, 2024Immunisation coverage and antibiotic use: is India missing an opportunity?
In The Hindu, “Studies now indicate that unvaccinated or under-vaccinated children are vulnerable to preventable illnesses and have to seek medical care, which in many cases leads to an unnecessary abuse of antibiotics, fueling the epidemic of antimicrobial resistance.” Read more here.
Read moreRead more Read More - October 15, 2024AMR in Focus at Africa’s First One Health Congress
In Africa CDC, “Cape Town hosted the first World One Health Congress in Africa, where Africa CDC led a well-attended side event on antimicrobial resistance (AMR), a rapidly growing health threat across the continent. As noted in the coverage, a week after the One Health Congress, Africa CDC, in collaboration with One Health Trust and […]
Read moreRead more Read More - 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 […]
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