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KENYA – Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital (JOOTRH) has recorded a rising percentage of antibiotic (antimicrobial) resistance in the facility. Currently at 40 per cent of the first-line…
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AFRICA – New data published on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) from 14 sub-Saharan countries highlights that lack of laboratory capacity and erratic use of available antibiotics will hamper continental efforts to…
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ZIMBABWE – The Republic of Zimbabwe, in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), to build the capacity to manage antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance data and to track antimicrobial resistance…
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ZIMBABWE – The Government of Zimbabwe (GoZ) has declared that preparations for the new National Action Plan (NAP) for Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) for the period 2023-2027 are already underway. The…
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UGANDA – Kiruddu General Referral Hospital in Uganda has secured a state-of-the-art laboratory equipment known as the VITEK 2 machine from Germany used for regional disease surveillance in an effort…
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EGYPT – Egypt has launched an electronic system that meets the standards of the World Health Organization to monitor antibiotic consumption in hospitals in an effort to combat antimicrobial resistance…
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NIGERIA – Respected Nigerian microbiologist Dr. Ugochukwu Obiakornobi Anieto has discovered a novel antibiotic named Anietocin that can be used to treat antibiotic-resistant microbial infections. Anietocin will be used for…
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SOUTH AFRICA – Multinational healthcare company Johnson & Johnson has opened a new research center focused on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) at the Holistic Drug Discovery and Development (H3D) Centre in…
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USA- BD has announced a partnership with Pfizer and Wellcome to advance antimicrobial stewardship practices. According to a news release, the collaboration builds on ongoing efforts to advance the role…
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AFRICA – An interdisciplinary panel of infectious disease clinicians and public health experts led by the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy (CDDEP) and the Africa Centres for Disease…
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