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In India, as elsewhere in South East Asia, many interlinked factors—including overuse of antibiotics, limited clinical diagnostic and laboratory capacity, and poor infection control, hygiene, and sanitation—have contributed to the emergence…

1. Kerala: Tackling the source of drug resistance Read more at: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/65945473.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst 2. NGO launches awareness campaign against antibiotic overuse https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/ngo-launches-awareness-campaign-against-antibiotic-overuse-118100301114_1.html 3. Indian Initiative for Management of Antibiotic Resistance (IIMAR)…

https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/mechanism-of-colistin-resistance-in-klebsiella-bacteria-unravelled/article25081715.ece

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Poor sanitation, corruption and low public health spending have a bigger role in pushing up drug-resistant infections in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs), including India https://www.hindustantimes.com/health/not-just-antibiotic-abuse-corruption-low-health-spend-also-fuel-superbugs/story-4lALWFgRFaLymNSYbNBKRI.html

Phage Therapy: Isolation, Therapeutic Characterization and In vivo Efficacy of Lytic Bacteriophages Infecting Carbapenem-resistant Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Enterobacter species

https://www.duexpress.in/ph-d-in-sciences-does-it-secure-your-future-in-india/  

https://www.news-medical.net/news/20180914/UK-India-project-to-develop-innovative-diagnostics-to-curb-antimicrobial-resistance.aspx A £3 million interdisciplinary research project is to address the growing threat of drug-resistant infections in India. The project will develop innovative diagnostics to curb antimicrobial resistance (AMR), one…

https://www.alternet.org/antibiotic-resistant-superbugs-are-getting-deadlier The world's most frightening infections aren't carried by plague-infested rats, rabid dogs, or chimps with Ebola. They're transmitted by "superbugs" -- disease-causing bacteria that can't be killed by antibiotics. This…

https://www.popsci.com/antidepressant-bacteria-antibiotic-resistance According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 13 percent of all Americans report taking antidepressants, a stark increase from three decades ago when barely one in 50 Americans took…