Antibiotic resistance: What do we do about the threat, especially in Africa

What if a saviour turns into a killer? After 80 years of use, overuse and abuse of antibiotics — termed magic bullets — microbes have become resistant to them. Antibiotic resistant diseases are undoing the great strides in modern treatment.
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What if a saviour turns into a killer? After 80 years of use, overuse and abuse of antibiotics—termed magic bullets—microbes have become resistant to them. Antibiotic resistant diseases are undoing the great strides in modern treatment. Vibha Varshney exposes a growing public health crisis
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A warming planet will induce the development of antibiotic resistance
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Asia and Africa will account for 88.8 per cent of deaths from antimicrobial resistance
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Tobias Dörr, a microbiologist at Cornell University, New York, is researching on protecting beneficial microbes from antibiotics. He speaks to Megha Prakash on how antibiotic exposure can alter beneficial gut microbes
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How the world is gearing up to fight antibiotic resistance
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Antimicrobial resistance affects public health in many parts of the world now. Left unchecked, they may even upstage several of the UN-mandated SDGs
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Pan-Africa experts meet to find solutions to the antimicrobial resistance mess
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Antibiotic abuse dog the country like many of its counterparts in Africa
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Health ministry draws up ways to prevent antibiotics residue from ending up in plate
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Coordinated response is the need of the hour
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Worries: Self-medication, antibiotic sales without prescription
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Health dept steps may fall short due to inadequate funding by government, donors
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Antimicrobial resistance is a worry as in several other African countries
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Health care reform since 2011 bear results but more needs to be done
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