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Antibiotic overuse fuels shortage
Oped, Published on 31/10/2023
» The overuse of antibiotics is now widely recognised as one of the main factors contributing to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) -- often called the "silent pandemic". But what is less well known is that shortages of antibiotics also play a role in fuelling AMR.
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Drug resistance is killing millions
Oped, Published on 07/07/2022
» Some 1.27 million people died in 2019 directly as a result of infection because the bacteria causing the infection were resistant to the drugs designed to kill them, according to a recent study in The Lancet; overall, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is estimated to have contributed directly or indirectly to the premature, preventable deaths of nearly five million people in 2019.
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Can we afford to lose effective drugs?
News, Published on 22/11/2021
» Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) might be known to consumers and patients simply as drug resistance. However, it is actually a looming threat to global health security which threatens to derail efforts to reach the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development goals.
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Covid has 'devastating' impact on fight against HIV, TB, malaria: Global Fund
AFP, Published on 08/09/2021
» PARIS: The Covid-19 pandemic had a "devastating" impact on the fight against HIV, tuberculosis and malaria in 2020, according to a report released by the Global Fund on Wednesday.
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Drug-resistant malaria gaining foothold in Africa: study
AFP, Published on 15/04/2021
» PARIS - Researchers on Thursday reported the first clinical evidence that drug-resistant mutations of the parasite responsible for malaria are gaining ground in Africa.
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Medicines pose global environmental risk, experts warn
AFP, Published on 15/11/2019
» PARIS - Residues from billions of doses of antibiotics, painkillers and antidepressants pose a significant risk to freshwater ecosystems and the global food chain, a new analysis said Thursday.
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TB drug price slashed in global push to thwart killer disease
AFP, Published on 31/10/2019
» HYDERABAD (INDIA) - French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi slashed the price of a key anti-tuberculosis drug on Thursday, boosting the battle against the world's deadliest disease alongside the US launch of tests for a new treatment.
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Bringing an end to malaria
Asia focus, Published on 21/10/2019
» Do you know the deadliest animal in the world? Other humans? Snakes, spiders or even some of the large predators? No. It's actually the mosquito. And out of all the many diseases that mosquitoes carry, malaria is possibly the biggest killer in human history.
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Nasa pioneers malaria-predicting tech in Myanmar
AFP, Published on 10/09/2019
» YANGON: Nasa is developing a new technique to forecast malaria outbreaks in Myanmar from space, as the emergence of new drug-resistant strains in Southeast Asia threatens efforts to wipe out the deadly disease globally.
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Treatment changed after drug-resistant malaria found in Isan
Online Reporters, Published on 24/07/2019
» The Public Health Ministry has changed the medications used to treat malaria in two northeastern border provinces where cases of drug-resistance have been reported.
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