Antibiotic Resistance

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With Antimicrobial Resistance, Women and Children Face Highest Risks

One in five deaths from antimicrobial resistance involved a child younger than 5, and women face increased vulnerability

Vanishing Workforce: An Antimicrobial Resistance Threat

Both public and private sectors should invest in antimicrobial research to attract and retain the best scientists

Governance

The United Nations Must Ensure Sustainable Access to Effective Antibiotics

A collapse in the effectiveness of antibiotics could come without warning and imperil entire health systems

Governance

Centering Indigenous Groups in Canada's Antimicrobial Resistance Plan

Canada's plan to combat antimicrobial resistance needs to address the high burden in Indigenous populations

Governance

Nurses Champion Fight Against Antimicrobial Resistance

With expertise in patient care, nurses are well positioned to combat antimicrobial resistance if given the correct tools

Governance

China's Role in Global Antimicrobial Resistance

How the world's largest producer of antibiotics can address drug resistance

Governance

Zimbabwe Struggles With Drug-Resistant Disease Strains

Drug-resistant cholera and typhoid are sparking fears in Zimbabwe as cases rise

Governance

Antibiotic Resistance is a Smoldering Crisis

More than 1.2 million people across the globe died of antibiotic resistant superbugs in 2019

Urbanization

Getting WASH into Health Care Facilities: An Urgent Global Health Need

Will the UN’s prioritization of clean water, sanitation and hand washing in health care facilities finally breed action?

Governance

TB: The Challenge of Changing Drug Policies

Complex lessons in governance seen in rollout of new tuberculosis drug bedaquiline in South Africa, Belarus and Vietnam

Aging

Mass Drug Administration of Azithromycin: Promise or Peril?

Mass drug administration of azithromycin saves children’s lives—is that enough to justify risk of antibiotic resistance?