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Health: Antibiotic resistance

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With increasing resistance to existing antibiotics, developing countries face a serious challenge in safeguarding their populations' health against killer diseases such as TB and typhoid fever.

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Opinions and Analysis

Biomed Analysis: End complacency on drug resistance

Controversy has pressed India into action to tackle antibiotic resistance. Now other countries must do the same, says Priya Shetty.

21 April 2011 | EN

BioMed Analysis: Joining forces against TB

A partnership involving the US Food and Drug Administration may speed up delivery of new tuberculosis drug combinations, says Priya Shetty.

19 March 2010 | EN | 中文

Drug-resistant TB needs massive research increase

17 July 2008 | EN | 中文
Source: PLoS Medicine


News and Features

Malnourished children Antibiotics could cut deaths from malnutrition

Two separate studies suggest that antibiotics might be a useful addition to emergency food supplements for malnourished children.

11 March 2013 | EN

Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria Drug resistance 'is major threat to poor nations'

A rise in antibiotic-resistant infections is a huge problem for developing countries that often lack the money to tackle them, a conference hears.

27 February 2013 | EN