Coordination, collaboration key to solving crisis of antibiotic development
The crisis around antibiotic research is a global problem and would need global solutions, experts at CSE event highlighted
India finalises national action plan on antimicrobial resistance
The government terms antimicrobial resistance as a serious threat to global public health
Antimicrobial Resistance: New CSE report focuses on major ethnoveterinary medicine programme
AMR has been recognised as a ‘silent pandemic’ and is a global public health threat today
Current policy developments to contain AMR not enough: South Centre expert
Viviana Munoz Tellez, coordinator, South Centre, spoke on the gaps and challenges in the ongoing policy interventions to contain …
India joins global research hub on antimicrobial resistance
The country is the largest consumer of antibiotics in the world — consumption increased by 103 per cent from 2000 to 2015, the highest in …
AMR causes more deaths than malaria and HIV/AIDS combined. What Africa is doing to fight this silent epidemic
In many African countries, poverty and inequality propel the likelihood of antimicrobial resistance
‘Others can learn from India’s approach to contain AMR at state level’
Roderico H Ofrin, WHO India’s representative, discusses the role played by his organisation in tackling antimicrobial resistance in India
Combating AMR: How Delhi’s campaign design for school kids helped
Schools, as institutions for people in their formative years, are strategic settings for advancing health promotion skills, practices and …
Antibiotic misuse in India’s livestock sector can be reduced
Awareness of farmers, legislation for clean sanitary practices in animal farms and its strict implementation can do the trick
How antimicrobial resistance and zoonoses are linked
AMR and its relationship to human and animal morbidity is one of the biggest challenges facing modern medicine
One-Health action is a must to slow down AMR chronic pandemic
The world can't contain antimicrobial resistance unless stakeholders from all sectors such as human and animal healths, environment, crops, food …
COVID-19 calls for renewed look at livestock farming
Poor sanitation facilities, unsafe disposal of factory waste at animal farms pose a problem by providing breeding ground for pathogens.
Decision on global antimicrobial action plan expected today
India, which lacks controls on antibiotic use in poultry and meat, said that antimicrobial resistance must be seen as a development challenge
New biotech missions to focus on drug resistance, fortified crops
Union minister launches Atal Jai Anusandhan Biotech Missions
Countries meet to discuss action plan against antimicrobial resistance
Resistance to antibiotics is increasing in both developed and low-income countries
Antimicrobial resistance: India needs waste management, process control to prevent antibiotic pollution
Manufacturing process needs control measures; 43% of world’s rivers contaminated with active pharmaceutical ingredients
One Health: What it is & how it can be implemented in India
Nexus of science, social science, indigenous knowledge and policy necessary
Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2021: Why India needs to re-examine its pediatric practices
Children often receive multiple courses of antibiotics every year since viral infections are recurrent. This makes them more vulnerable to …
WHO adopts global action plan on antimicrobial resistance
The action plan is a historic resolution to combat antimicrobial resistance by addressing all contributing factors—human, animal and …
Why antibiotic resistance is getting worse in India
Powerful, newer generation drugs are being sold far more frequently for no apparent reason
Antibiotic resistance: How to tackle AMR in Africa
Pan-Africa experts meet to find solutions to the antimicrobial resistance mess
One Health approach: European Union strengthens action to combat antimicrobial resistance
European Council recommends incentives for innovation and access to antimicrobials along with alternatives
Disinfectants harboring toxic chemicals are widely used despite lack of screening for potential health hazards
Quaternary ammonium compounds, or QACs, are increasingly marketed and used with limited evidence for their appropriateness or safety
New antimicrobial toolkit by WHO, OIE, FAO aims to fill data gaps
Their report called for implementation of standards on antimicrobial use in a comprehensive manner across all five stages of the antimicrobial …
Govt's fast tracking of draft rules on antibiotic residues commendable
It will position India as a responsible nation tackling antimicrobial resistance, besides improving conditions in preventing the menace