Madhya Pradesh second state to have plan for antimicrobial resistance

The move will encourage other states to develop their own plans, which in turn, will help in tackling antimicrobial resistance on the national level

Monitor resistance gene to help combat antimicrobial resistance: scientists

Scientists suggest that monitoring genes responsible for antimicrobial resistance will help track the problem

Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2021: How the environment plays a role in AMR

The environment is key to the One Health approach to address AMR, which is being strongly advocated by the United Nations and other actors

Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2021: Spreading awareness on medicine quality can be a solution for AMR

Medicines must be manufactured according to high standards of quality and efficacy to reduce AMR risk

Now drug-resistant genes can be identified in less than half the time

A researcher in California talks about FLASH, her new gene-based technology that can help doctors tackle antibiotic resistance better

Solution to drug resistant kala-azar on cards

Kala-azar is posing a new challenge due to the rise of drug resistance

Malaria parasite can now resist main line of treatment: Uganda study

Researchers flag risk of cross-border spread of malaria, especially in east Africa   

Poor quality drugs make treatment of ringworm infection less effective

Doctors from Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital found quality issues in the Itraconazole drug

Indian scientists resurrect World War-era drug to fight malaria

Now, they are working to make this drug more effective using nanotechnology

Wastewater is a valuable source of information — Africa’s scientists need to use it to find drug-resistant bacteria

Once sewer networks are in place, standardised protocols for assessing antimicrobial resistance in wastewater treatment plants must be established

AMR in Africa: Big chunk of chicken, pork sold in Kenya found to have antibiotic-resistant bacteria

Consumption of meat contaminated with bacteria resistant to antibiotics can spread food-borne diseases and cause AMR

WHO launches new strategy to tackle antimalarial drug resistance in Africa

Some 96% malaria infections and fatalities worldwide in 2020 were from sub-Saharan Africa

World Malaria Day: ‘If we don’t become complacent, we can eliminate malaria like 1965’

PL Joshi, former head of National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme talks to Down To Earth about how malaria vaccination, surveillance and …

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

Indian scientists find asthma drug useful in TB as well

Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, found that an existing anti-asthma drug is effective against tuberculosis and can help address the …

Collaboration, policy, regulatory changes needed to fight antimicrobial resistance: Report

Antibiotic manufacturing must be done responsibly to reduce AMR risk, says report by coalition working to tackle AMR

At least 20,000 hidden cases of leprosy identified in less than a month

The leprosy drives aim at covering all districts in high-burden states with a prevalence rate of over one leprosy case in a population of 10,000

CSE’s week-long campaign on antimicrobial resistance begins November 18

The campaign will include a three-part global webinar series on AMR as the above agendas scheduled for November 18, 22 and 24 respectively

Sewage treatment plants can turn E Coli into superbug

In samples collected from Sabarmati river, two lakes and three effluent treatment plants, researchers find microorganisms to be drug resistant

India has not done much to address antimicrobial resistance: Global report

A survey by FAO, OIE and WHO has found wide discrepancies in countries’ efforts toward tackling AMR

Gains in tuberculosis control threatened by drug resistance

Drug resistant TB is now a transmitted diseases and requires commitment, especially in high-burden countries like India 

Ineffective magic bullets: Antibiotic resistance is now the leading cause of deaths across the globe

Young children were found to be particularly affected by AMR

Heavy metals in household, industrial waste help spread drug resistance

Researchers have identified exposure to cadmium a reason for typhoid causing Salmonella becoming resistant to antibiotics

New antibiotics found from soil a breakthrough against drug resistance

The discovery of new class of antibiotics has ended 25 years of wait

Anti-malarial drug resistant parasites knock on India’s doors

Countries will have to consider the possibility of revising treatment strategy to counter drug resistance, says study