- April 17, 2019Tracking Global Trends in the Effectiveness of Antibiotic Therapy Using the Drug Resistance Index
Using a stock-market type index, CDDEP researchers find large disparities in the effectiveness of antibiotic therapies worldwide.
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- April 16, 2019Limited access to antibiotics a major problem for many countries around the world
Consumer Affairs– April 16, 2019. “While many researchers have explored how overusing antibiotics can be dangerous, a new study looked at the ways a lack of supplies can also be detrimental. According to researchers from the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics, and Policy, countries that have limited access to antibiotics are seeing people die from very […]
Read moreRead more Read More - April 15, 2019India’s Medical Professional Shortage.
YouTube/ Bloomberg Quint– April 15, 2019. “India has shortage of an estimated 6,00,000 doctors and 2 million nurses, according to a study by the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy.”
Read moreRead more Read More - April 15, 2019CDDEP researchers label lack of antibiotics access major health hurdle worldwide.
Homeland Preparedness News– April 15, 2019. “A recent report from the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy (CDDEP) lays out present problems in global access to antibiotics.”
Read moreRead more Read More - April 14, 2019India facing shortage of 600,000 doctors, 2 million nurses: study
Livemint– April 14, 2019. “Even when antibiotics are available, patients are often unable to afford them. High out-of-pocket medical costs to the patient are compounded by limited government spending for health services, according to the report by the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy (CDDEP) in the US. In India, 65% of health expenditure is out-of-pocket, […]
Read moreRead more Read More - April 12, 2019FT Health: The struggle for women’s rights.
Financial Times Health– April 12, 2019. “Another downside to the overuse of antibiotics is that many patients do not get the drugs they need. Most of the world’s annual 5.7m antibiotic-treatable deaths are in poorer countries. Government and industry need to work together to develop new antimicrobials. A new paper argues for economic incentives to encourage development, decoupling profits from volumes […]
Read moreRead more Read More - April 12, 2019Increased Taxation on Tobacco, Alcohol, and Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Estimated to Save Millions of Lives
Researchers at CDDEP, working with the Task Force on Fiscal Policy for Health co-chaired by Michael Bloomberg and Larry Summers, estimate number of deaths averted and years of life gained from a tax increase on tobacco, alcohol, and sugar-sweetened beverages.
Read moreRead more Read More - April 11, 2019Access Barriers to Antibiotics
CDDEP researchers conducted stakeholder interviews in Uganda, India, and Germany, and literature reviews to identify key access barriers to antibiotics in low-, middle-, and high-income countries. The report makes several recommendations proposing action on antibiotic and diagnostics research and development, strengthening regulatory capacities, encouraging the development and diversification of quality local manufacturing, exploring innovative funding […]
Read moreRead more Read More - April 3, 2019Government subsidies could be key to containing hospital-born infections.
Princeton University– April 3, 2019. “Co-author Ramanan Laxminarayan, a senior research scholar at the Princeton Environmental Institute (PEI) who studies antibiotic resistance, said that incentivizing infection control would reduce infections within a given region by motivating individual hospitals to strengthen their own preventive measures. Those single measures would coalesce into lower infection rates for the area as a […]
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