- May 3, 2019How to save $45 billion on health care costs each year.
Scientific American– May 3, 2019. “Each time an antibiotic is misused and a new strain of bacteria evolves with an immunity to that antibiotic, scientists must develop a different antibiotic to treat the new infection caused by the new bacteria. Then they must distribute the newly developed antibiotic to hospitals, by which time patients could have gotten […]
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- April 29, 2019Antibiotic resistance is now as big a threat as climate change.
The Quint Fit– April 29, 2019. “As the recent report by the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy highlights, the majority of the world’s annual 5.7 million antibiotic-treatable deaths occur in LMICs, where the mortality burden from treatable bacterial infections far exceeds the estimated annual 700,000 deaths from antibiotic-resistant infections.”
Read moreRead more Read More - April 23, 2019India doctor shortage drives rise in superbugs, report warns.
The Telegraph– April 23, 2019. “The research, published by the Centre For Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy (CDDEP) shows there is just one doctor for every 10,189 people in the country, nowhere near the World Health Organization’s recommendation of one doctor per 1,000 inhabitants. In order to satisfy its public health requirements, India needs to hire a further […]
Read moreRead more Read More - April 22, 2019One-third of overseas travelers might come back with drug resistant bacteria, research shows, but here’s why you shouldn’t worry.
Bustle– April 22, 2019. “We took antibiotics for granted. We thought that we could use them like sugar pills, that they were safe and that resistance was just something that biologists worried about that you’d never actually see in real life,’ Ramanan Laxminarayan, an economist and a senior research scholar at Princeton University, told 60 Minutes.”
Read moreRead more Read More - April 21, 2019Could antibiotic-resistant “superbugs” become a bigger killer than cancer?
60 Minutes– April 21, 2019. “Ramanan Laxminarayan is an economist and a senior research scholar at Princeton University. He’s been tracking the rise of superbugs for nearly 20 years. He says what happened to Ricci was more than just bad luck, it was the result of our misuse of antibiotics. Ramanan Laxminarayan: ‘We took antibiotics for […]
Read moreRead more Read More - April 19, 2019Drug-resistant fungi are a threat to modern medicine.
Hindustan Times– April 19, 2019. “To prevent the outbreak of deadly infections such as Candida auris, hospital infection control must be taken seriously. Unlike other fungi that rarely transmit between humans, C. auris can be passed from patient to patient in a hospital. This is because of its unusual ability to last for long periods […]
Read moreRead more Read More - April 18, 2019New metric aims to simplify how global resistance is measured.
CIDRAP– April 18, 2019. “A new method for measuring and tracking antibiotic resistance and comparing the effectiveness of antibiotics by country shows a clear distinction between high- and low-income countries. In a study published in BMJ Global Health, researchers from the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy (CDDEP) calculated the Drug Resistance Index (DRI)—which combines measurements […]
Read moreRead more Read More - April 17, 2019Six reasons why antibiotics access remains a challenge in Uganda.
Down to Earth– April 17, 2019. “While antibiotic resistance has become a major health risk in the world today, over 5.7 million people die every year due to lack of access to antibiotics. A recent report highlights how a majority of these avoidable deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries. Focusing on Uganda, the report highlights six […]
Read moreRead more Read More - April 17, 2019Report highlights lack of access to antibiotics.
CIDRAP– April 17, 2019. “Excessive, inappropriate use of antibiotics is considered to be the most significant driver of antibiotic resistance. Accordingly, global efforts have been launched to promote antibiotic stewardship and the reduction of unnecessary use of these life-saving drugs. But a new report from the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy (CDDEP) suggests […]
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