The Sixty-seventh World Health Assembly closed today, after adopting more than 20 resolutions on public Health issues of global importance.
Source: WHO
Author: Anna Sundin
TATFAR Progress Report
The US and the EU continue to work together to address this growing threat. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and The European Commission (EC) have released the first progress report of the Transatlantic Taskforce on Antimicrobial Resistance (TATFAR).
Source: CDC
EU and US team up in the fight against antimicrobial resistance
Source: ECDC
Nature call for the development of an intergovernmental panel on antimicrobial resistance similar to climate change
Source: Nature
Press release from the Antibiotic Resistance Coalition
Source: ReAct
WHO global surveillance report on Antimicrobial resistance
In its first global evaluation of surveillance and information on antimicrobial resistance, the World Health Organization (WHO) called attention to increasing levels of bacterial resistance to many common drugs. The report, titled “Antimicrobial resistance: global report on surveillance, 2014” revealed that antimicrobial resistance has spread to all regions of the world, making it clear that “a post-antibiotic era…far from being an apocalyptic fantasy, is instead a very real possibility for the 21st century.” In light of these findings, CDDEP has compiled a list of resources and recent publications related to antimicrobial resistance.
The report has an extensive media coverage around Europe:
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/apr/30/antibiotics-losing-effectiveness-country-who
http://www.faz.net/aktuell/wissen/who-bericht-das-globale-antibiotika-desaster-12917927.html
http://elpais.com/elpais/2014/05/04/opinion/1399231470_088727.html
Source: WHO
New Paper – The WHO in South East Asia: Decision-maker Perceptions
Source: Chatham House
Overcoming Resistance
In the face of bacterial threats that can evade modern medicines, researchers are trying every trick in the book to develop new, effective antibiotics.
Source: TheScientist
Media coverage for the SRA launch conference in Brussels. Read more here
Media coverage during the SRA launch conference in Brussels 3 april resulted in the articles in the links below.
SRA Launch Conference concluded
The launch conference for the Strategic Research Agenda was held on April 3 in Brussels. Representation from funding agencies from every continent in addition to researchers and industry representatives made it a highly interesting day. We would like to thank all speakers and participants for contributing to a successful launch!
