Everyone has a role to play in combating AMR. Individuals and farmers can help by using antibiotics only when prescribed by a healthcare professional, completing the full course of treatment, and practicing good hygiene to prevent infections. COMMENT | Dr JacksonTwebaze Ndahayo | Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a significant threat …
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WHO charts new path for action against antimicrobial resistance (AMR) ANALYSIS | SHOBHA SHUKLA | Protect the medicines that protect us and ensure that all those who need them can access them, says Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Director General of The World Health Organization (WHO). He was speaking at a …
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Harare, Zimbabwe | Xinhua |– Global agencies have stressed the growing urgency for Africa to scale up efforts to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR), amid its significant implications for global health and food security. Being the hardest hit by AMR, Africa needs political will across the continent to marshal resources towards …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The 3rd edition of the Annual Muslim Run (AMR) set for 10th September 2023 starting at the Uganda Museum-Kampala has been launched by Bugiri Member of Parliament Asuman Basalira. Up to 7,000 participants are expected to compete in the event that started in 2019 with the aim of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Half of all antibiotics currently prescribed by doctors are not needed, experts attending World Health Organization-WHO meeting in which they were assessing strides made by countries on implementation of National Action Plans on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) have revealed. Speaking at the meeting on Tuesday, Dr. …
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Scientists around the world are already battling superbugs worse that COVID-19 | PROF. DAVID W GRAHAM AND PROF. PETER COLLIGNON | For many years, people believed antibiotic resistance in bacteria was primarily driven by imprudent use of antibiotics in clinical and veterinary settings. But growing evidence suggests that environmental factors …
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Over ten million people will die from drug-resistant microbes every year by 2050 COMMENT |Jörg Reinhardt| In the first week of July, G20 leaders committed to working together to address one of the world’s most pressing and perplexing security threats: antimicrobial resistance (AMR) – a fierce and evolving adversary against …
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