Global Cause
In this issue
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Doctors back school musical to inspire children to face ‘superbugs’ threat
The UK’s Chief Medical Officers are urging schools to raise awareness of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) by putting on a free musical about the need to keep antibiotics working.
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World’s first charity tackling bacterial antibiotic resistance
Currently 700,000 people die globally each year from resistance.
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Rethinking drug research, before it’s too late
As we face the prospect of living in a post-antbiotic era, there is renewed urgency to rethink the way we approach both the research and the funding of drug innovation.
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Diagnostics are vital in tackling drug resistance
A multifaceted approach is needed to tackle antimicrobial resistance, and accurate diagnostics have a vital role to play in containing the problem and finding a solution.
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Human and animal antibiotics must have a conjoined approach
The need to conserve antibiotics so that they remain effective to treat infections is a responsibility shared by all professions and users.
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By 2050, superbugs may cost the economy $100 trillion
<span>Evidence suggests superbugs could cost the global economy up to 3.5% of GDP – and push 28 million more people into poverty. Drastic solutions and innovation is needed.</span>
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Antimicrobial resistance is a challenge for developing medicine
Nobody doubts today that antimicrobial resistance is a very serious public health problem that may jeopardise the development of modern medicine.
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The race is on and the stakes are high
The challenge of antibiotic resistance is now much better understood than it was. We now know that decades of progress could reverse, potentially threatening millions of lives.
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Antimicrobial resistance: the Hydra among us
With increasing antimicrobial resistance, there is concern that we might enter an era where we lose the essential contribution of antibiotics in treating bacterial diseases.
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How antibiotic resistance emerges
Bacteria that are resistant to antibiotic drugs develop through the natural process of evolution, where microbes undergo changes that help them survive in hostile environments, such as exposure to antibiotics.