14 May 2012
In "Indians popping more antibiotics than ever: Study," reporter Kounteya Sinha unpacks a graphic on carbapenem sales released as part of CDDEP's data visualization series. The graphic (reproduced below) shows a rapid increase in carbapanem antibiotic sales in India and Pakistan between 2005 and 2010. These trends are conc
7 May 2012
The Spring 2012 edition of Emory's Public Health Magazine features an article on Keith Klugman and the first-ever drug resistance index (DRI). Much like a stock market or consumer price index, the DRI aggregates and weights available data to produce a single measure that can be examined over time - in this case the index represents the burden of resistance in a hospital or geographical area. Why create this
1 May 2012
Sir Ganga Ram Hospital
(SGRH), one of New Delhi’s top medical facilities, is now using a Drug Resistance Index (DRI) to summarize
trends in the effectiveness of antibiotics prescribed in the hospital. An index
for four common infections treated between 2009 and 2011 is featured in SGRH’s
April microbiological newsletter
(page 7).
18 Apr 2012
This week's visualization takes a break from charts to tell a story via an infographic: namely, the story of the one million Indian children who die each year in the first four weeks of life. Approximately 190,000 of these neonates die from sepsis, a bacterial infection that overwhelms the bloodstream, and of these deaths, it's estimated that nearly one-third are attributable to antibiotic resistance. Download the infographic from the Tools section of our website.
10 Apr 2012
We in the United States may rail against laws and regulations that
contradict our values, or protest policies or budget cuts that erode cherished
programs. But consider the dilemma of researchers
in Kenya who have developed information that could improve the health and
wellbeing of livestock—and by association, their herders and the consuming
public. It involves the use of
antibiotics. Ishirini na mbili? That’s
Swahili for 22—catch 22, Kenya-style.
