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AMR Q4 2025
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Why we still don’t have enough vaccines for bacterial threats
Scientists are uncovering how bacteria silence the immune system and exploring new ways to block this ‘off switch’ to create vaccines that could stop infections before they start. When vaccines hit the wall For decades, we’ve chased ever-changing bacterial surfaces with vaccines and drugs, hoping one more tweak would work. It hasn’t. For many of...
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No time to waste: uniting to push countries to the malaria finish line
Disrupted global health funding threatens malaria progress, forcing endemic countries to lead the fight or risk losing lives amid unpredictable, complex funding challenges. Even before donors reassessed their priorities, malaria was already struggling for resources. In 2023, only US$4 billion was invested in fighting malaria – less than half of the US$8.3 billion needed to...
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Using vaccines to slow the global AMR crisis
Vaccines don’t just prevent disease; they also slow the rise of antimicrobial resistance. As immunisation rates fall, experts warn we risk losing one of medicine’s best defences. Vaccines and antibiotics have revolutionised public health. The introduction of the Expanded Program on Immunisation in the 1970s led to remarkable reductions in child mortality rates.1 Similarly, the...