Focus

tag
Antibiotics

Kumatiya, part of regular Rajasthani diet, has health and environmental benefits

Like a poor cousin, kumatiya is not as well known as ker or sangri, but without it, panchkuta would not be the same

SHARE

`Eating chicken is like taking a course of antibiotics'

Devi Shetty, cardiac surgeon and founder of Narayana Health, has seen increasing cases of antibiotic resistance at his hospital. Even those …

SHARE

Hatching Superbugs

At a time when chicken consumption is at an all time high in India, a study by Delhi non-profit Centre for Science and Environment shows …

SHARE

'Pharmacy of the world' is in peril

In the past decade, India’s import of Active Pharmaceuticals Ingredients and advanced intermediates used to manufacture formulations has …

SHARE

India continues to export substandard drugs; lack of regulations real problem: WHO

The WHO report suggests that India is a major player in counterfeit pharmaceutical manufacturing as the country is the world’s largest …

SHARE

Indian government is not doing enough to tackle the sale of unapproved antibiotics

India's laissez-faire attitude to drug regulation is a serious threat&…

SHARE

We are running out of antibiotics, says WHO

Report says antibiotics, which are almost in the pipeline as far as research goes, will fail to combat the growing threat of AMR

SHARE

Raising superbugs

Poultry farms are reservoirs of multi-drug resistant bacteria and play a major role in their spread, shows the latest CSE study

SHARE

High incidence of drug-resistant bacteria found in ready-to-cook poultry products

The study raises question on effectiveness of modern food processing techniques to produce microbiologically safe food products

SHARE

WHO categorises essential medicines to tackle antibiotic resistance

In the biggest revision of Essential Medicines List, WHO categorised antibiotics into three section—Access, Watch and Reserve

SHARE

World Health Assembly: countries highlight progress in tackling antimicrobial resistance

India’s push towards addressing animal and environmental aspects of AMR through surveillance is a welcome step

 

SHARE