2 Mar 2012
A round-up of news on drug resistance and other topics in global health.A new peer-reviewed, open access journal, Antimicrobial
Resistance & Infection Control, has launched in the first months of
2012. Early articles examine patterns
of ESBL-producing Acinetobacter spp.
in Iran and MRSA in Cuba, among several other topics.
17 Feb 2012
A round-up of news on drug resistance and other topics in global health.
2 Oct 2011
Dr Ramanan Laxminarayan is Director of the Center for
Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy and Vice President for Research &
Policy at the Public Health Foundation of India. He is speaking at the Global Forum during Reflections from GARP Phase 1:
India, Kenya, South Africa and Vietnam as well as Agenda for Moving Forward,
Achievements and Goals. The
following post originally appeared on
21 Sep 2011
ResistanceMap - an online tool for visualizing antibiotic resistance from CDDEP's Extending the Cure project - launches a second edition today with more bacteria-antibiotic combinations, U.S.-Canada-Europe comparisons of resistance trends, and lots of opportunities to interact with the data. Read the press release below, and take a look at some initial coverage on The Scientist and the Washington Post's
24 Aug 2011
South Africa is
a country of stark contrasts. It’s middle-income,
with high health expenditures, but its health statistics are often grim. Life expectancy is low (53/55 (male/female)),
while child mortality is high (104 deaths per 1,000 live births).
