Environmental action no longer optional in addressing AMR

[हिंदी] Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) cannot be defeated by focusing on human health and agriculture alone. The environment must become an integral part of the global response, with countries moving beyond political commitments to concrete action on pollution prevention, environmental surveillance and sustainable investment.

AMR survivor, lawmaker and WHO call to protect medicines that keep us safe

At the AMR Exhibition in European Parliament, a strong call to drop the 'silent pandemic' label, and to turn One Health commitments into laws, funding and accountability

[हिंदी] At the European Parliament this week, an exhibition titled "Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR): The Human Stories Behind a Silent Pandemic" confronts visitors with a stark reality. Antimicrobial resistance is not a distant scientific problem. It is already destroying families, emptying bank accounts, and killing at least one million people every year from drug-resistant bacteria alone — two every minute.

[video] Over 1 million bacterial antimicrobial resistance deaths every year

[video] Survivors of antimicrobial resistance give human face to AMR: AMR Exhibition in European Parliament

Would global ministerial meet galvanise action to prevent AMR in humans, animals, plants and environment?

High level ministerial delegations from over 100 countries (mostly from the Global South) are expected to converge in Nigeria this June to attend the 5th High Level Ministerial Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) that will be held on the African soil for the first time in history, with the Nigerian government hosting it.

It is time to hold governments to account for ending tobacco

Currently the intergovernmental talks on the legally binding global tobacco treaty are taking place in Panama. This meeting, formally called the tenth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP10) to the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC), has delegates from 183 countries representing more than 90% of the world’s population, to review progress in the implementation of the global tobacco treaty, and take the next steps to help achieve the right of all people to lead healthy lives.

Growing call to make Big Tobacco pay for health and environment harms

Would you not be surprised to learn that an industry whose products kill over 8 million people every year (even when used as the manufacturer intended), and cause an array of health and environment disasters of epidemic proportion, has not been held to account fully? Yes we are referring to the Big Tobacco. Well, perhaps a very long wait could be over as governments of over 180 countries are meeting in Panama for advancing progress on global tobacco treaty - and it is likely that such a decision to make Big Tobacco Pay - may come forth, finally.

[podcast] SABC Lotus FM features AMR survivor Vanessa Carter

Shooting our own foot: Misuse of medicines is making infections difficult to treat

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites change over time and become resistant to (or no longer respond to) medicines, making infections harder to treat and increasing the risk of disease spread, severe illness and death. As a result of drug resistance, medicines become ineffective, and infections become increasingly difficult or impossible to treat. That is why AMR ranks among the top ten global health threats worldwide.

[video] 3rd Global Media Forum on Antimicrobial Resistance

3rd Annual Global Media Forum in lead up to World AMR Awareness Week (WAAW 2023)

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Media representatives are welcomed to attend the 3rd Annual Global Media Forum in lead up to World AMR Awareness Week (WAAW) 2023 to have a direct interface with senior experts from the quadripartite organizations that have united to address Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) - one of the top 10 threats to global health security. These quadripartite organizations include: the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO), the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the World Health Organization (WHO), and the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH, founded as OIE).

Closing window of opportunity to save the medicines that save us from sexually transmitted infections

Antimicrobials have been widely used to fight diseases, including sexually transmitted infections (STIs), for nearly 80 years. Penicillin, the world’s first antibiotic, was used for the first time to treat and cure syphilis in 1943. However, bacteria that cause STIs have fought back so that many of the antibiotics once used to treat them no longer work, even as STIs continue to cause high rates of infections worldwide.

Will Thailand lead from the front in combating antimicrobial resistance?

Do we not dread an unfortunate situation of being infected with an incurable (or difficult to treat) disease? We saw how COVID-19 (to which there is no cure yet) jolted not only the global health security but also economic and social security worldwide.

Fork in the road: Will we protect medicines that protect us or deal with incurable diseases?

As the world observes the annual World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW) from November 18 to 24, the spotlight is once again on preventing antimicrobial resistance that is not only devastating human health but also threatening the sustainability of our planet earth. Will we protect the medicines that protect us or lose them, resulting in diseases that become difficult or impossible to treat? "The answer my friend is blowing in the wind" as the legendary lyrics go.

[video] 2nd Annual Global Media Forum in lead up to 2022 World Antimicrobial Awareness Week | #WAAW2022

2nd Annual Global Media Forum in lead up to World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW 2022)

(watch the recording on YouTube, Facebook)

[watch the recording on YouTube, Facebook] Media representatives are welcomed to attend the 2nd Annual Global Media Forum in lead up to World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW) 2022 to have a direct interface with senior experts from the quadripartite organizations that have united to address one of the top threats to global health security - Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). These quadripartite organizations include: the World Health Organization (WHO), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO), the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), and the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH, founded as OIE).

[podcast] Connecting the dots: Sexually transmitted diseases and antimicrobial resistance

Listen to this podcast featuring Dr Ishwar Gilada, who spoke to CNS in lead up to the 2022 International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP 2022). Dr Gilada is a globally acclaimed infectious diseases expert, and longest serving HIV medical expert in India. He was the first doctor in India who began HIV medical management when first case got diagnosed in the country. He is part of Governing Council of International AIDS Society (IAS), President of AIDS Society of India (ASI) and Secretary General of Organized Medicine Academic Guild of India.

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[podcast] Antimicrobial resistance and women's health

Listen to this podcast featuring Prof Amita Pandey, in lead up to the 2022 International Conference on Family Planning (#ICFP2022). Professor (Dr) Amita Pandey is from Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, King George's Medical University (KGMU) in India, who was in conversation with CNS founder Managing Editor and Executive Director Shobha Shukla. Prof Amita Pandey is among the Academic Editors of the prestigious Asian Research Journal of Gynaecology and Obstetrics. She is also a Master Trainer for India's most populated state UP's State Innovation for family planning services or SIFPSA, and one of the few obstetricians and gynaecologists who also specializes in medical genetics.

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[video] Connecting the dots: Sexually transmitted diseases and antimicrobial resistance

[video] Curbing antimicrobial resistance is vital in gynaecological and obstetric healthcare services