Resistance to threat

Antimicrobial resistance-a threat to neonate survival.

Improvements in child survival have contributed much of the gains in life expectancy at birth during the last two decades. At a global level, neonatal mortality has decreased from 36 to 19 deaths per 1000 livebirths between 1990 and 2012. However, the reduction in neonatal mortality between 1990 and 2015 (47%) has lagged behind that of postneonatal under-5 years mortality (58%) globally. The Ev...

Antibiotic resistance – The faceless threat

A potential post-antibiotic era is threatening present and future medical advances. The current worldwide increase in resistant bacteria and, simultaneously, the downward trend in the development of new antibiotics have serious implications. Resistant bacteria dramatically reduce the possibilities of treating infectious diseases effectively and multiply the risks of complications and a fatal ou...

Antimicrobial resistance: addressing the threat to global health. Preface.

Emerging Antibiotic Resistance in Africa, Threat to Healthcare Delivery

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com The imminent end of the antimicrobial era is a major challenge in medicine. As more otherwise “normal“ micro-organisms become implicated in different infections and established pathogens show new and/or extended resistance to otherwise effective antibiotics, many therapeutic options are being challenged. This has made the World Health Organization (...

Antimicrobial resistance—a threat to the world’s sustainable development

This commentary examines how specific sustainable development goals (SDGs) are affected by antimicrobial resistance and suggests how the issue can be better integrated into international policy processes. Moving beyond the importance of effective antibiotics for the treatment of acute infections and health care generally, we discuss how antimicrobial resistance also impacts on environmental, so...