AMR in the Light of COVID-19 Please join us on Nov 19 for the last webinar in the free "AMR in the Light of COVID-19" series. We're looking forward to a fascinating discussion on "Responding to difficult-to-treat infections: Role and responsibilities of governments, researchers, industry and patients," among James Anderson, MBA, MA, Michael Craig, MPP, Nana Kuo, MSc, Mirfin Mpundu, BPharm, MPH, MBA, and Kathy Talkington, MPA. Jeremy Knox, MSc, will moderate the conversation. The webinar series is brought to you by the Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Fighter Coalition, in partnership with CIDRAP, the American Society for Microbiology, Wellcome, the Surveillance and Epidemiology of Drug-resistant Infections Consortium, and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Register View past webinars | | AMR and COVID-19 in Latin America With support from an educational grant from bioMérieux, we're pleased to host a free and accredited webinar on "Antimicrobial Resistance in the Times of COVID-19." On Nov 24, Marnie Peterson, PharmD, PhD, will moderate a discussion among Silvia Figueiredo Costa, MD, PhD, and María Virginia Villegas, MD, MSc, on antimicrobial use and resistance in Brazil and Colombia during the pandemic. Register | | | | | | AMR and AMS in the News This week, CIDRAP News reported on community antibiotic use in low- and middle-income countries, bacteriophage therapy funding, C-reactive protein testing for cough, and more. | | | Director Wanted! Do you have a passion for antimicrobial stewardship research, education, and outreach? CIDRAP-ASP is hiring a project director, who will provide leadership and vision for our dedicated team. | | | | | | | Neonatal Sepsis and AMR The Global Antibiotic Research & Development Partnership, in collaboration with the World Health Organization, will host a webinar on the challenges in treating newborns suffering from drug-resistant sepsis. | | | COVID-19 and AMR The British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (BSAC) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development will host a webinar on "COVID-19 and AMR: How to contain AMR during a pandemic." | | | COVID-19 and Co-infections | | AMR Surveillance and COVID-19 across Africa The Southern African Centre for Infectious Disease Surveillance Foundation for One Health published a report that describes how ongoing work to enhance surveillance for respiratory diseases and AMR has affected capacity to respond to COVID-19 across Africa. | | UTI Testing and Diagnoses in the UK In a commentary for the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (BSAC), Ashley Hammond, PhD, MSc, describes the decline in diagnoses of urinary tract infections and the reduction in requests for urinary samples to culture in the UK during the pandemic. | | Antibiotic Prescribing during the Pandemic In a World Health Organization "Science in 5" video, host Vismita Gupta Smith, MA, speaks with Hanan Balkhy, MD, about the role of antibiotic prescribing and resistance during COVID-19. | | AMR, Veterinary Care, and COVID-19 In a profile for Churchill College Cambridge, Chioma Achi, DVM, PhD, MSc, describes her journey to studying antimicrobial stewardship in veterinary settings, and the importance of focusing on antibiotic use during the pandemic. | | Winter Antibiotic Use during the Pandemic In Stat, Jowa (Zhuo) Shi and Ateev Mehrotra, MD, MPH, express concerns about possible increases in antibiotic prescribing in the US this winter associated with COVID-19, healthcare use for acute respiratory infections, and higher use of telemedicine. | | | | Global AMR/AMS Policy and Projects | | One Health Surveillance in Malawi In news from the College of Veterinary Medicine at North Carolina State University, Jordan Bartel describes Project-Malawi, which will establish laboratories capable of One Health AMR surveillance in Malawi. | | Antimicrobial Stewardship in Bangladesh On IDStewardship, Timothy P. Gauthier, PharmD, interviews Md Jahidul Hasan, MPharm, about his work as the only antimicrobial stewardship pharmacist in Bangladesh. | | | | | | | | Dental Antibiotic Prescribing during COVID-19 In BDJ In Practice, David Croser, BDS, discusses the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic and the move to remote appointments on determining best antibiotic prescribing practices for patients in need of dental treatment. | | | Nurse-led NICU Stewardship In the American Journal of Perinatology, Samarth Shukla, MBBS, et al describe a reduction in antibiotic use associated with nurse-led antibiotic time-outs and a focus on preventing bloodstream infections in a US neonatal intensive care unit. | | | | | |
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