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WHO: Turning plans into action for antimicrobial resistance (AMR)

Since the Global Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) was adopted in 2015, more than half the world’s countries have developed their own national action plan (NAP) to tackle AMR, establishing AMR coordination committees or equivalent to deliver them. But implementing NAPs at scale is proving a difficult task, especially in the resource-constrained settings of low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).

Antimicrobial resistance in pig production

The aim of this article is to highlight the significance of the extraordinary mobility and potency of horizontally transmissible genetic elements of antimicrobial resistance (also called antimicrobial resistant genes, or ARGs), and the necessity for coordinated and rapid global responses to new and emerging threats. 

Antibiotics Issue May Impact Meatless Movement

While researchers work to better understand the cause of people becoming resistant to antibiotics, there are ongoing consumer concerns about the use of antibiotics given to animals in the food system. And, according to new research from The Center for Food Integrity (CFI), online engagement about antibiotic resistance is growing rapidly and could be one of a growing number of factors that drives consumers to reduce or eliminate meat from their diets.

The AMR Centre secures £2.3m funding boost

The AMR Centre, a body with public and private investors leading the UK’s response to the global health threat posed by antimicrobial resistance, has received a significant funding package to support the expansion of its pipeline of new drugs to treat drug-resistant infections.

Detection of critical antibiotic resistance genes through routine microbiome surveillance

Population-based public health data on antibiotic resistance gene carriage is poorly surveyed. Research of the human microbiome as an antibiotic resistance reservoir has primarily focused on gut associated microbial communities, but data have shown more widespread microbial colonization across organs than originally believed, with organs previously considered as sterile being colonized.