Urgent action needed to combat antimicrobial resistance: Report
8 months, 2 weeks 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 report published on April 4 by the Global Steering Group on Antimicrobial Resistance. Within a decade, AMR is estimated to cost the world $412 billion a year in additional health costs and $443 billion a year in lost labour productivity, according to an economic impact study commissioned by the Global Steering Group. From local to global "We have the tools to mitigate the AMR crisis and these data point to a devastating future if we don't take bolder action now," said GLG President Mia Amor Mottley, who is also Prime Minister of Barbados. These include reducing by 10% the number of deaths caused by bacterial AMR worldwide, and ensuring that "ACCESS group" antibiotics comprise at least 80% of all human antibiotic consumption.

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Time to step up the fight against AMR
2 weeks, 5 days 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 …

How antimicrobial resistance is a silent pandemic
3 weeks, 1 day 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 …

The environmental threat of antimicrobial resistance in India
4 weeks, 1 day 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 …

Experts Flag Overuse of Antibiotics
1 month 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 …

When more antibiotics cure fewer diseases
1 month ago

When more antibiotics cure fewer diseases

The Hindu  

Life took a sudden turn for 49-year-old David Thompson from Bengaluru when he was diagnosed with mouth cancer. “The incremental risk to life with infection, multidrug resistance and the side effects of powerful antibiotics is the ‘terrible triad’ of modern antimicrobial resistance. Swetavalli Raghavan, appointed as the advisor on AMR to Karnataka’s Health Department, is developing the Action Plan to …

By 2030, antibiotic use could skyrocket by 50%: What this means for you
1 month ago

By 2030, antibiotic use could skyrocket by 50%: What this means for you

India Today  

A recent study has revealed concerning trends in global antibiotic consumption, which is a key factor fuelling the rise of antimicrobial resistance. KEY FINDINGS OF THE STUDY Steady Increase in Antibiotic Use: Between 2016 and 2023, antibiotic sales in the reporting countries rose by 16.3%, from 29.5 billion daily doses to 34.3 billion. FUTURE PROJECTIONS By 2030, global antibiotic use …

A New Hope in the Fight Against Antimicrobial Resistance
2 months, 2 weeks 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 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 …

Of sweet somethings and diabetes
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Of sweet somethings and diabetes

The Hindu  

In a leaner and meaner Health Matters newsletter this week, we look at a slimmer selection of health stories from the past week, the key news events and explainers, theme-based clusters on health and related issues. The paper noted, antimicrobial resistance poses a major threat to human health around the world. It was initiated by Rotary Medicrew, a significant medical …

The looming threat of antimicrobial resistance
1 year 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, 3 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 …

Putting minds and funds together to find ways of tackling drug resistance
1 year, 5 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 …

Removing AMR from the WHO’s ‘pandemic treaty’ will leave humans vulnerable to future pandemics
1 year, 6 months ago

Removing AMR from the WHO’s ‘pandemic treaty’ will leave humans vulnerable to future pandemics

The Hindu  

In late May, the latest version of the draft Pandemic Instrument, also referred to as the “pandemic treaty,” was shared with Member States at the World Health Assembly. Explained | The challenge of antimicrobial resistance Just three years after the onset of a global pandemic, it is understandable why Member States negotiating the Pandemic Instrument have focused on preventing pandemics …

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 …

Pollution from life-saving drugs may add to superbug crisis, UN says
1 year, 10 months ago

Pollution from life-saving drugs may add to superbug crisis, UN says

Live Mint  

More attention must be paid to the role pollution plays in the spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, known as superbugs, to eliminate a “pandemic level threat,” according to a new United Nations report. “Getting serious about AMR means preventing environmental pollution,” said Inger Andersen, executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme. “Limiting the discharge of antimicrobial-laced waste to the environment …

Stakeholders must collaborate to reduce resistance to antibiotics
2 years, 1 month ago

Stakeholders must collaborate to reduce resistance to antibiotics

Hindustan Times  

One of the greatest medical discoveries during the past eight decades has been that of antibiotics. This undesired use of antibiotics facilitates selection of resistant germs which, through the food chain, reach humans causing difficult to treat infections. The United Nations General Assembly, WHO, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, UNEP, G7, G20, G77, Association of South-East Asian …

Antimicrobial resistance is a silent killer, say doctors
2 years, 1 month ago

Antimicrobial resistance is a silent killer, say doctors

The Hindu  

At a conference on tackling antimicrobial resistance, experts called for measures to develop strategies to tackle the serious threat and the need for new antibiotics, molecules and diagnostics. Renu Swarup, former Secretary of Department of Biotechnology, Government of India, said, “We have exposed all microbes, the small pool of antibiotics that we have and have made everything resistant.” She termed …

Combatting the silent pandemic of antimicrobial resistance
2 years, 1 month 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 …

Antimicrobial resistance a major concern, say docs
2 years, 5 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 …

How can India deal with the challenge of anti-microbial resistance? An expert speaks
2 years, 6 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 …

Antibiotic resistance detected in the food chain could have implications for human health, new study finds
2 years, 7 months ago

Antibiotic resistance detected in the food chain could have implications for human health, new study finds

ABC  

A new study has found surprisingly high rates of antibiotic resistance in samples of salmon and beef purchased from Australian supermarkets. Key points: Antibiotic resistance is predicted to be a global problem that could make infections harder to treat In a study, 55 per cent of beef samples and 39 per cent of salmon samples were found to harbour resistance …

Lessons from the pandemic must inform policy response to AMR
2 years, 9 months ago

Lessons from the pandemic must inform policy response to AMR

Hindustan Times  

The scourge of anti-microbial resistance is approaching us faster than we expected. Researchers from Washington University found that COVID-19 likely contributed to 216.4 million excess doses of antibiotics for adults and 38 million excess doses of Azithromycin for adults from June 2020 through September 2020, a peak of Covid in India, which led them to conclude that almost everyone who …

antimicrobial resistance
2 years, 10 months ago

antimicrobial resistance

The Hindu  

Antimicrobial Resistance Collaborators, “Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in 2019: a systematic analysis”, The Lancet, January 19, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-673602724-0. Arguably the first such comprehensive study on AMR globally, the paper authored by Antimicrobial Resistance Collaborators states that AMR is a leading cause of death around the world, with the highest number of deaths occurring in low-resource settings. “Understanding the …

Antibiotic-resistant superbugs caused 1.2 million deaths in a year, study finds
2 years, 10 months ago

Antibiotic-resistant superbugs caused 1.2 million deaths in a year, study finds

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Based on the current analysis, researchers said there were an estimated 4.95 million deaths linked …

Drug-resistant infections are a rapidly escalating global health crisis – we need to fight back
2 years, 11 months ago

Drug-resistant infections are a rapidly escalating global health crisis – we need to fight back

The Independent  

If the lessons of Covid-19 are anything to go by, the latest data on antimicrobial resistance and its worldwide impact should stir policymakers into immediate action. A striking new study published in The Lancet – the most comprehensive of its kind to date – estimates that 1.27 million people died as a result of antibiotic resistant infections in 2019. This …

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

Study: Drug-resistant bacteria kill 1.2 million globally

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — 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 years old — that suggested at least 700,000 people die each year due …

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, …

Anti-biotic resistant superbugs killed 1.2 million people in 2019, claims study
2 years, 11 months ago

Anti-biotic resistant superbugs killed 1.2 million people in 2019, claims study

Hindustan Times  

Anti-biotic resistant infection killed 1.2 million people in 2019, according to a study published in The Lancet. The figure of 1.2 million fatalities is much higher than the estimates released by the World Health Organization, which said that 700,000 people died from drug-resistant infection. A 2018 study, carried out in 10 Fortis Group hospitals in India, found that patients with …

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 …

AMR can usher a pandemic worse than Covid-19, suggest Experts
3 years, 4 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 …

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, …

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