Tag: Antimicrobial Resistance
Drug resistance posing new challenge to child survival
Given the rise in bacteria resistance to existing treatments, hospitalized newborns and infants are at high risk of developing drug-resistant hospital-acquired infection...……….
India among top four nations affected severely by antibiotic resistance
The white paper released by Aetna International highlights antibiotics resistance as a serious hazard to public health 7 Lakh deaths per year due to antimicrobial resistance, expected to reach 1 crore per annum by 2050.............
End TB Summit: WHO South-East Asia nations commit to intensified efforts
The Member countries of the Region stressed their firm intent to collectively reach out to 2 million missing TB cases and 150 000 multidrug-resistance cases by 2020...................
PPP to combat antimicrobial resistance in India
The ICMR and pharma major, Pfizer are in the process of instituting a ‘Centre to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance’ in New Delhi, as part of the MoU signed recently. This project will help address the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance in India.............
World Antibiotics Awareness Week 2017: Report maps antimicrobial resistance research in...
The report identifies factors driving antibiotic resistance and maps the current research in the country............
India needs to do more to tackle rising sale of unapproved...
The correspondence published in The Lancet Global Health highlights serious hurdles for controlling antimicrobial resistance in the country............
Experts suggest drastic changes in animal farming practice & regulations to...
A new important study by the CDDEP highlights the projected impacts of a global strategy to reduce antibiotic consumption in food animal production..................
Clinical trials of antibiotics on children now allowed in India
Drugs Controller General (India) has given approval for conduct of various clinical trials of Antibiotics on children under one year of age........
Antibiotic resistant bugs found in chicken, sprouts
It was found that many food-derived bacteria were resistant to one or more commonly used antibiotics such as penicillin, rifampicin, streptomycin and ciprofloxacin..........
India develops national action plan to combat antimicrobial resistance
Antimicrobial resistance is a serious threat to global public health that requires action across all government sectors........