UN Political Declaration on antimicrobial resistance essential step, but concrete action from governments now critical

September 26, 2024

AMR remains a leading cause of death worldwide nearly a decade after UN member states agreed to make it a priority. Geneva/New York, 25 September 2024 – Ahead of the second-ever United Nations (UN) High Level Meeting on antimicrobial resistance*...

Antibiotic Resistance: Factsheet

November 17, 2019

What is antibiotic resistance (ABR)? Antibiotics are medicines used to prevent and treat bacterial infections. Antibiotic resistance (ABR) occurs when bacteria change in response to the use of these medicines. Bacteria, not humans or animals, become antibiotic-resistant. These bacteria may...

Antibiotic Resistance: Broader Implications for Humanity

November 15, 2017

Since 2015, MSF has been working on antibiotic resistance in collaboration with the Ministry of Health in West Bengal, India. As part of the project, a baseline audit of prescribing practices of district hospital doctors as well as health promotion...

Antibiotic Resistance: Drug-resistant infections are a looming challenge around the world

November 15, 2017

Since 2015, Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been working on antibiotic resistance in collaboration with the health authorities in West Bengal, India. As the world discusses this growing challenge during the Antibiotic Awareness Week (November 12 to 18),...

MSF observes World Antibiotic Awareness Week

November 13, 2017

The international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) will observe World Antibiotic Awareness Week (WAAW) from November 13th - 17th in collaboration with Ministry of Health and Asansol District Hospital in West Bengal. As part...

Antibiotics: Handle with care

May 4, 2017

Name : Designation : Imagine a world where a small finger prick can get fatally infected or an elective caesarean surgical wound fails to heal at all. One may immediately connect this with the pre-antibiotic era though some experts...