Author Archives: Ekta Patel

Overuse and misuse of antibiotics – a problem driven by the world’s poor and rich alike
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Overuse and misuse of antibiotics – a problem driven by the world’s poor and rich alike

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  As reported this week by Andrew Jacobs and Matt Richtel in the New York Times, ‘Kibera residents are prodigious consumers of antibiotics’. Kibera area, one of Africa’s largest urban slums, is located in Nairobi, Kenya, with a population of around one million. Most people in the slum lack access to running water, electricity and … Continue reading →

Drug resistance could make millions of people poorer
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Drug resistance could make millions of people poorer

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As reported this week by Jacqueline Ogada, a journalist at SciDevNet, the director general of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) said recently that ‘reducing the use of antimicrobials in agriculture as well as medicine . . . can make a huge difference’ in protecting public health. ILRI director general Jimmy Smith said this at … Continue reading →