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Articles for Antimicrobial Resistance

How antimicrobial resistance is a silent pandemic
3 weeks 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 …

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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 …

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Vaccines Could Reduce Antibiotic Use by 22% and Save Millions of Lives
2 months, 1 week ago

Vaccines Could Reduce Antibiotic Use by 22% and Save Millions of Lives

Hindustan Times  

New WHO report highlights the crucial role of effective vaccine coverage in tackling antimicrobial resistance (AMR). The report finds that vaccines against 24 pathogens could reduce the number of antibiotics needed by 22% or 2.5 billion daily doses globally every year. Vaccines are essential in reducing the overall AMR burden as they prevent infections, reduce the use and overuse of …

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Drug war: On use of antibiotics and antimicrobial resistance
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Drug war: On use of antibiotics and antimicrobial resistance

The Hindu  

Prevention is better than cure, but taking this adage to the extreme in the practice of medicine might obnubilate the very purpose of treating patients to recovery, and even turn out to be counter-productive. The ‘First Multicentric Point Prevalence Survey of Antibiotic Use at 20 NAC-NET Sites India 2021-22’ conducted by the National Centre for Disease Control under the Health …

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Deaths from drug-resistant infections surge after Covid pandemic
1 year, 1 month ago

Deaths from drug-resistant infections surge after Covid pandemic

The Telegraph  

“Treat antibiotics with respect,” the chief executive of the UK Health Security Agency has urged, as the number of deaths caused by resistant infections rose for the second year in a row. “We expect that if we get a bacterial infection, an antibiotic will be available to treat us – but sometimes, already, that is simply impossible.” She said without …

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2 years, 10 months ago

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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 …

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