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UK & Argentina join forces to combat antimicrobial resistance

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Health and Social Care Secretary Jeremy Hunt has today signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Argentinian Government to work together against antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the environment. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) happens when microbes including bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites …

DHSC joins global fight to tackle antimicrobial resistance in animals

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The UK Government’s Global AMR Innovation Fund, managed by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) are partnering on a new initiative, aimed at reducing the emerging risk to global health and …

UK secures historic United Nations Declaration on antimicrobial resistance

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Today 193 countries will sign a landmark declaration agreeing to combat the biggest risk to modern medicine – antimicrobial resistance - at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. The historic agreement follows a worldwide campaign led by the …

UK leading the global fight against drug resistant bugs

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- Tough new targets to limit inappropriate use of antibiotics - Commitment to halve drug-resistant infections by 2020 - New drive to encourage development of new antibiotics The UK will lead the international fight against antimicrobial resistance (AMR) by bringing …

Antimicrobial resistance: the road to the United Nations

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On Thursday 12 May 2016, senior health and agriculture representatives from over 20 countries and international organisations gathered in London to share ideas on how to combat the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance. The event, which was co-hosted by Professor …

Government response to Jim O'Neill's report on anti-microbial resistance

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Lord Jim O'Neill has today published his report on antimicrobial resistance, and his recommendations on what the world needs to do to combat it. You can read more about his report here The Government's initial response to his report is …

Innovative trial to tackle unnecessary antibiotic prescribing

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A trial involving over 1,500 GP practices in England has found that writing to GPs about their antibiotic prescribing habits has resulted in 73,000 fewer prescriptions (a 3.3% reduction) over 6 months. This has saved over £92,000 in prescription costs …