How antimicrobial resistance is a silent pandemic
1 month, 1 week ago

How antimicrobial resistance is a silent pandemic

Firstpost  

India, with its scientific expertise, vibrant civil society, and rich tradition of public health innovation, can lead the global fight against antibiotic resistance. In 2017, the World Bank estimated that by 2050, unchecked AMR could wipe away 3.8 per cent of global gross domestic product each year and push 2.8 crore people into poverty. Losses resulting from the impact of drug resistance on livestock could cost global GDP up to $950 billion, while the spread of resistant pathogens from livestock to humans could cost up to $5.2 trillion due to productivity losses, increased healthcare costs, and reduced agricultural output driven by AMR. A report by the Indian Council of Medical Research in 2023 highlighted that over 70 per cent of bacterial infections in India are resistant to at least one commonly used antibiotic, making previously treatable diseases such as pneumonia, tuberculosis, and urinary tract infections far more difficult and expensive to manage.

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Time to step up the fight against AMR
1 month ago

Time to step up the fight against AMR

Hindustan Times  

Invisible yet rampant, antimicrobial resistance is responsible for five million deaths worldwide each year, surpassing both HIV/AIDS and malaria in terms of mortality rates. The recently concluded United Nations General Assembly special session on AMR, set an ambitious target of 70% antibiotic use belonging to the WHO ‘access’ groups with low adverse effects and potential to cause AMR. Collaborative efforts …

The environmental threat of antimicrobial resistance in India
1 month, 2 weeks ago

The environmental threat of antimicrobial resistance in India

Hindustan Times  

Antimicrobial resistance is a growing global health crisis, making common infections harder to treat and threatening lives. The indiscriminate use of antibiotics poses a direct threat not just to human health but also to food security, as infections among plants, livestock and aquaculture species become harder to treat, risking animal health and reducing productivity. In human health, as bacteria become …

India can lead the way in tackling antimicrobial resistance
1 month, 2 weeks ago

India can lead the way in tackling antimicrobial resistance

The Hindu  

Drug-resistant infections may be a global killer, associated with nearly five million deaths a year, but a fifth of all these deaths occur in just one single country — India. The Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership is deeply involved with India, partnering with the ICMR as well as several pharmaceutical firms and manufacturers and carrying out studies within India. …

Experts Flag Overuse of Antibiotics
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Experts Flag Overuse of Antibiotics

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Inappropriate antibiotic use threatens healthcare systems and global health security, said experts. Addressing this challenge, the Max Institute of Healthcare Management at the Indian School of Business and the International Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance Solutions hosted a stakeholder consultation at ISB’s Hyderabad campus. Discussions focused on antimicrobial stewardship and sustainable strategies for managing ‘reserve’ class antibiotics, which are vital …

Survey confirms rampant misuse of over-the-counter antibiotics in Mumbai
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Survey confirms rampant misuse of over-the-counter antibiotics in Mumbai

India Today  

Most people in Mumbai hardly consult a doctor before buying an antibiotic, according to a recent survey by Fortis Hospitals. Speaking to IndiaToday.in, Dr Farah Ingale, Director-Internal Medicine, Fortis Hiranandani Hospital Vashi, said that most people end up buying antibiotics without consulting the doctor because they are easily accessible. Dr Kirti Sabnis, an Infectious Disease Specialist at Fortis Kalyan, warned …

India proposes new approach to better detect antimicrobial resistance
1 month, 3 weeks ago

India proposes new approach to better detect antimicrobial resistance

India Today  

Antimicrobial resistance is a global health threat that requires immediate action, said Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Anupriya Singh Patel at the 4th Ministerial High-level Global Conference on Antimicrobial Resistance in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Highlighting India's "One Health" approach and advocating for collaboration across human, animal, plant health, and environmental sectors to address AMR, the union …

A New Hope in the Fight Against Antimicrobial Resistance
3 months ago

A New Hope in the Fight Against Antimicrobial Resistance

The Hindu  

Published : Oct 04, 2024 23:22 IST - 4 MINS READ AMR threatens to unwind a century of medical progress, and could return us to the pre-antibiotic era, where infections that are treatable today could become much harder to treat and potentially deadly tomorrow. AMR makes all manner of routine medical procedures riskier; in low- and middle-income countries, approximately 11 …

ICMR report highlights ‘antibiotic resistance’ to UTIs, Typhoid, and Pneumonia
3 months, 2 weeks ago

ICMR report highlights ‘antibiotic resistance’ to UTIs, Typhoid, and Pneumonia

Hindustan Times  

A recent report by the Indian Council of Medical Research said that diseases like urinary tract infections, blood infections, pneumonia, and typhoid have developed resistance to commonly used antibiotics, making treatment more difficult. The Antimicrobial Resistance Research and Surveillance Network 2023 annual report findings show a worrying increase in antibiotic resistance nationwide. The ICMR’s Antimicrobial Resistance Research and Surveillance Network …

Bharat Biotech collaborates with US-based Alopexx to develop antimicrobial vaccine
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Bharat Biotech collaborates with US-based Alopexx to develop antimicrobial vaccine

Hindustan Times  

Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech on Wednesday announced its collaboration with US-based Alopexx Inc for development and commercialisation of the latter’s broad-spectrum anti-microbial vaccine in India and other low-income countries, which experts feel could be a game-changer in tackling the growing anti-microbial resistance threat. This collaboration aligns with our mission to provide safe, affordable, and high-quality vaccines to combat infectious diseases globally,” …

Urgent action needed to combat antimicrobial resistance: Report
9 months ago

Urgent action needed to combat antimicrobial resistance: Report

The Hindu  

Political leaders are ignoring the growing danger of antimicrobial resistance, which could lead to an unprecedented health and economic catastrophe, a high-level task force warned on April 4. "The world now has a limited and critical window of opportunity to respond at the scale and with the urgency proportionate to the rapidly increasing threats posed by AMR," according to a …

The looming threat of antimicrobial resistance
1 year, 1 month ago

The looming threat of antimicrobial resistance

Hindustan Times  

Antimicrobial resistance is a growing threat to global public health as disease-causing germs develop resistance to life-saving antibiotics. As per a Lancet study, in 2019, five million human deaths were associated with bacterial antimicrobial resistance worldwide, including nearly 1.3 million human deaths attributable to bacterial AMR. The theme for WAAW 2023 was ‘Preventing Antimicrobial Resistance Together’, which underscored the need …

Global agencies urge urgent action to address antimicrobial resistance in Africa
1 year, 1 month ago

Global agencies urge urgent action to address antimicrobial resistance in Africa

China Daily  

HARARE - Global agencies on Monday stressed the growing urgency for Africa to scale up efforts to combat antimicrobial resistance, amid its significant implications for global health and food security. "As we observe World AMR Awareness Week 2023, the United Nations, in collaboration with the African Union and the Republic of Zimbabwe, calls for enhanced political advocacy to highlight the …

Antimicrobial resistance a significant threat to global public health: WHO
1 year, 1 month ago

Antimicrobial resistance a significant threat to global public health: WHO

The Hindu  

The South-East Asia regional office of the World Health Organization warned that antimicrobial resistance is directly responsible for approximately 1.27 million deaths annually across the world, with current estimates placing the number of casualties in South Asia at 3,89 000. “By 2050, according to a report by the World Bank, antimicrobial resistance will be responsible for a decrease of up …

A potential solution from Bengaluru for life-threatening infections
1 year, 4 months ago

A potential solution from Bengaluru for life-threatening infections

The Hindu  

World War 1 resulted in the death of about 10 million soldiers. Experts have cited poor public health infrastructure, a high density of population and high disease burden, unregulated sales of drugs, lack of personal hygiene, poor practices in hospitals, and improper disposal of waste by antibiotic manufacturers resulting in it reaching the water streams and making its way through …

India Gearing Up To Tackle Next Likely Pandemic After Coronavirus Antibiotic Resistance Influenza
1 year, 4 months ago

India Gearing Up To Tackle Next Likely Pandemic After Coronavirus Antibiotic Resistance Influenza

ABP News  

Arboviruses, multi-drug resistant bacteria, Nipah, Marburg virus and the dreaded "Disease X" -- one among them may cause the next Covid-like pandemic if the World Health Organization is to be believed. READ | India May Have Seen An 'Invisible' Covid Wave Larger Than 2022 Third Wave, Wastewater Surveillance Shows 'India Better Prepared After Covid' Experts said while India was better …

Antimicrobial resistance committees to be formed in all Kerala blocks
1 year, 5 months ago

Antimicrobial resistance committees to be formed in all Kerala blocks

The Hindu  

Kerala will become the first State with antimicrobial resistance committees in all 191 block panchayats across the State with the aim of improving AMR literacy at the grassroots. The decision was announced at the review meeting of the Kerala Antimicrobial Resistance Strategic Action Plan, chaired by Health Minister Veena George on Wednesday. The meeting also discussed how the rise in …

Putting minds and funds together to find ways of tackling drug resistance
1 year, 6 months ago

Putting minds and funds together to find ways of tackling drug resistance

The Hindu  

Recently, in a hospital in the Indian city of Hyderabad, a patient in the ICU was realy ill with an extensive drug resistant bacterial infection. Abdul Ghafur, infectious diseases specialist, and one of the authors of the Chennai Declaration, a joint medical community effort to handle antimicrobial resistance in the country, says the precedent set by the COVID-19 pandemic and …

Health Matters | Of monsoons, maladies and medicine
1 year, 7 months ago

Health Matters | Of monsoons, maladies and medicine

The Hindu  

Now that the Southwest monsoon has arrived, there’s always some romanticism in the air along with the petrichor, but this time, a little trepidation too. The Joint Malnutrition Estimates released by UNICEF, WHO and World Bank has a mixed bag for India, but the gains in reducing stunting are quite significant: In the decade between 2012 and 2022, stunting among …

A manifesto for tackling the silent pandemic of Antimicrobial Resistance
1 year, 10 months ago

A manifesto for tackling the silent pandemic of Antimicrobial Resistance

The Hindu  

While the world is emerging from the acute phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, the very harmful but invisible pandemic of Antimicrobial Resistance is unfortunately here to stay. India and the Muscat conference As the current G-20 president, and as a country vulnerable to this silent pandemic, India’s role is critical in ensuring that AMR remains high on the global public …

Overuse of antibiotics, not completing medicine course harmful: doctors
2 years, 1 month ago

Overuse of antibiotics, not completing medicine course harmful: doctors

The Hindu  

Antibiotics cannot treat all kinds of diseases, and overuse of such medicines is one of the major reasons behind Antimicrobial Resistance in India, say doctors. The other factors contributing to AMR are poor hygiene or sanitation, overuse of antibiotics in livestock, patients not completing the entire antibiotic course, poor infection control in healthcare settings and absence of new antibiotics being …

Combatting the silent pandemic of antimicrobial resistance
2 years, 2 months ago

Combatting the silent pandemic of antimicrobial resistance

Hindustan Times  

During the past eight decades, millions of lives have been saved by treating infectious diseases with antimicrobial agents – commonly also called antibiotics and ‘magic bullets’. India’s National Action Plan on AMR provided the framework for an effective and collaborative response to AMR in the country. During 2017-21, India’s AMR containment activities were to be guided by its first National …

Sustained rise in antimicrobial resistance in India: ICMR study
2 years, 4 months ago

Sustained rise in antimicrobial resistance in India: ICMR study

The Hindu  

A big chunk of patients in India may no longer benefit from carbapenem, a powerful antibiotic administered mainly in ICU settings to treat pneumonia and septicemia, as they have developed antimicrobial resistance to it, an ICMR study has found. The data analysis done between January 1 and December 31, 2021, pointed towards a sustained increase in drug-resistant pathogens, resulting in …

Antimicrobial Resistance On the Rise in India, Immediate Corrective Measures Needed: ICMR Study
2 years, 4 months ago

Antimicrobial Resistance On the Rise in India, Immediate Corrective Measures Needed: ICMR Study

News 18  

A big chunk of patients in India may no longer benefit from carbapenem, a powerful antibiotic administered mainly in ICU settings for the treatment of pneumonia and septicemia, as they have developed antimicrobial resistance to it, an ICMR study has found. According to the ICMR report, resistance to Imipenem, which is used to treat infections caused by bacteria E coli, …

Antimicrobial resistance a major concern, say docs
2 years, 6 months ago

Antimicrobial resistance a major concern, say docs

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Doctors in the city have expressed serious concern over the growth in antimicrobial resistance and the risks connected with it for various reasons despite a study showing antimicrobial resistance contributed to 12.7 lakh fatalities in 2019. Speaking on the findings of a study titled ‘Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in 2019: A systematic analysis’, published in The Lancet …

High antibiotic use could lead to drug resistance: study
2 years, 6 months ago

High antibiotic use could lead to drug resistance: study

The Hindu  

The use of broad-spectrum antibiotics that act against a wide range of disease-causing bacteria is high in India, a research study has found. It investigated antibiotics use in India using the World Health Organisation’s Access, Watch, and Reserve classification of antibiotics and defined daily dose matrices. The study found a high volume of inappropriate use of antibiotics, including high use …

Why India should support antibiotics development
2 years, 6 months ago

Why India should support antibiotics development

The Hindu  

Antimicrobial resistance is a looming public health crisis impacting every country globally with a disproportionate impact on lives and livelihood in low and middle-income countries. A recent report from the Global Research on AntiMicrobial resistance project found that in 2019, an estimated 4.95 million people suffered from at least one drug-resistant infection and AMR directly caused 1.27 million deaths. To …

How can India deal with the challenge of anti-microbial resistance? An expert speaks
2 years, 7 months ago

How can India deal with the challenge of anti-microbial resistance? An expert speaks

The Hindu  

Antimicrobial resistance was directly responsible for as many as 1.27 million deaths globally in 2019, according to a publication in the medical journal The Lancet that came out in January. The World Health Organisation defines antimicrobial resistance as “when bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites change over time and no longer respond to medicines making infections harder to treat and increasing …

No slacking: The Hindu Editorial on action plans against antimicrobial resistance
2 years, 10 months ago

No slacking: The Hindu Editorial on action plans against antimicrobial resistance

The Hindu  

If lack of data was an impediment to roll out action plans against antimicrobial resistance, now that excuse has been yanked off. The recent publication of The Lancet’s global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance — an elaborate and studied estimate validated by using counterfactual analysis for the first time — comes at a time when the world, weary with battling …

Explained | The challenge of antimicrobial resistance
2 years, 11 months ago

Explained | The challenge of antimicrobial resistance

The Hindu  

Story so far: Antimicrobial resistance, or antibiotics becoming ineffective because pathogens such as viruses, fungi and bacteria become resistant to them, has long been recognised as a major threat to public health. Lower respiratory-tract infections accounted for more than 1.5 million deaths associated with resistance in 2019, making it the most common infectious syndrome. The data was then broken down, …

Study: Drug-resistant bacteria kill 1.2 million globally
2 years, 11 months ago

Study: Drug-resistant bacteria kill 1.2 million globally

LA Times  

Antibiotic-resistant germs caused more than 1.2 million deaths globally in one year, according to new research. Antibiotic-resistant germs caused more than 1.2 million deaths globally in one year, according to new research that suggests that these “superbugs” have joined the ranks of the world’s leading infectious disease killers. The World Health Organization has been citing a global estimate — several …

'The New Pandemic Under Construction in Silence': Antimicrobial Resistance Spells Doom in the Covid Age
3 years, 1 month ago

'The New Pandemic Under Construction in Silence': Antimicrobial Resistance Spells Doom in the Covid Age

News 18  

A new pandemic is under construction in silence now. Dr Suranjit Chatterjee, senior consultant, Internal Medicine, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals told the Indian Express that the situation has worsened amid Covid “with doctors attributing the increased risk of antibiotic resistance to unscrupulous use of “high-end broad spectrum” antibiotics.” “During Covid, serious patients developed secondary bacterial infections for which high-end antibiotics were …

World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2021: All You Need To Know About Antibiotic Resistance
3 years, 1 month ago

World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2021: All You Need To Know About Antibiotic Resistance

News 18  

The World Health Organization annually hosts the World Antibiotic Awareness Week, also known as World Antimicrobial Awareness Week. Theme for World Antibiotic Awareness Week 2021 WAAW 2021 will have the theme ‘Spread Awareness, Stop Resistance.’ While World Antimicrobial Awareness Week’s primary tagline is ‘Antimicrobials: Handle with Care.’ Antibiotics have been a crucial aspect of contemporary medicine since their discovery. History …

Excess use of antibiotics may cause health crisis in India: Expert
3 years, 5 months ago

Excess use of antibiotics may cause health crisis in India: Expert

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Indiscriminate use of antibiotics during Covid-19 has added to the problem of antimicrobial resistance in the country making it difficult to meet the goals of eradication of tuberculosis by 2025. Experts state that secondary infections due to the indiscriminate use of antibiotics will add to an estimated 10 million deaths. Ganguly, former director-general of Indian Council of Medical Research, …

AMR can usher a pandemic worse than Covid-19, suggest Experts
3 years, 5 months ago

AMR can usher a pandemic worse than Covid-19, suggest Experts

India TV News  

The indiscriminate usage of antibiotics to treat Covid-19 patients is likely to make antimicrobial resistance the next big public health crisis in India and globally, said experts on Thursday. The World Health Organization identifies AMR as one of the significant threats to global health and estimates that it will contribute to 10 million deaths by 2050. Calling for harmonized action …

World Health Day 2021: What public health lessons can India learn from COVID-19 pandemic?
3 years, 9 months ago

World Health Day 2021: What public health lessons can India learn from COVID-19 pandemic?

Firstpost  

COVID-19 has renewed the focus on public health threats – making countries review their public health systems and healthcare infrastructure. World Health Day is celebrated on 7 April and it is the perfect occasion to review India’s response to COVID-19 and identify threats to our health security that can be rectified on a warfooting. Similarly, India needs to pass a …

India Saw 30% Rise in Antibiotic Use in the last Decade
3 years, 11 months ago

India Saw 30% Rise in Antibiotic Use in the last Decade

The Quint  

Although AMR poses an urgent global public health threat, more people in LMICs die from lack of access to antimicrobials than from resistant infections, stressed the report. Global efforts to reduce the inappropriate use of antimicrobials and to mitigate AMR must also increase consistent access to affordable and clinically appropriate antimicrobials. “Increasing antibiotic consumption itself is not a problem; in …

Antimicrobial Resistance as Dangerous as Pandemic, Threatens to Erode Century of Progress: WHO
4 years, 1 month ago

Antimicrobial Resistance as Dangerous as Pandemic, Threatens to Erode Century of Progress: WHO

News 18  

Geneva: The World Health Organization warned Friday that growing antimicrobial resistance is every bit as dangerous as the coronavirus pandemic — and threatens to reverse a century of medical progress. “Antimicrobial resistance may not seem as urgent as a pandemic but it is just as dangerous,” Tedros told a virtual press conference. “About 700,000 people globally die each year due …

Antimicrobial Resistance as Dangerous as Coronavirus Pandemic, Says WHO
4 years, 1 month ago

Antimicrobial Resistance as Dangerous as Coronavirus Pandemic, Says WHO

News 18  

The World Health Organization warned Friday that growing antimicrobial resistance was every bit as dangerous as the coronavirus pandemic — and threatened to reverse a century of medical progress. “Antimicrobial resistance may not seem as urgent as a pandemic but it is just as dangerous,” Tedros told a virtual press conference. The WHO said antimicrobial resistance was endangering food security, …

Children's Day: COVID-19 showed us glaring holes in the public health system that risk the health of our children
4 years, 1 month ago

Children's Day: COVID-19 showed us glaring holes in the public health system that risk the health of our children

Firstpost  

Undernutrition continues to be associated with 50 percent of all under-five deaths and India accounts for third of the world’s stunted children according to the Global Nutrition Report 2018. As Oxfam’s Commitment to Reducing Inequality highlights, India’s spending on public health is the fourth lowest in the world. The result is an impact on healthcare delivery where access to routine …

India Responded Well in Many Regards But Positive Spin on Covid-19 Wrong, Says The Lancet
4 years, 3 months ago

India Responded Well in Many Regards But Positive Spin on Covid-19 Wrong, Says The Lancet

News 18  

In a scathing opinion piece on how India has handled the Covid-19 pandemic, the Lancet has given a thumbs down to information dissemination in the country. Lancet says India giving a positive spin to the Covid-19 situation, not relying on science despite a strong response at the outset of the pandemic is not a good situation to be in. India’s …

Pathogen-specific drugs are key: Nobel Laureate
5 years ago

Pathogen-specific drugs are key: Nobel Laureate

The Hindu  

Concerns surrounding antibiotic use, including environmental hazards and the appearance of multi-drug resistant bacteria, can be minimised by designing antibiotics that are specific to each species of pathogen, instead of using the broad-range antibiotics that are currently favoured, Ada E. Yonath, winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2009, said here on Saturday. “The increasing appearance of multi-drug resistant …

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