More public awareness, stronger infection prevention control, better control of antibiotic use, and access to microbiology are important measures to address AMR Said Dawood, 24, is a construction worker in the northern Afghan province of Kunduz. © Abdulamin Shinwari/MSF For the last two weeks, Said Dawood has been stuck alone in an isolation room in … Read more
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a growing threat in humanitarian and low-resource settings, particularly in conflict-affected regions where fragile health systems, access barriers to healthcare, and environmental contamination amplify its impact. Since 2014, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has made reducing the AMR burden a key priority, integrating it into its broader medical humanitarian efforts. This report follows on … Read more
MSF delivered the following statement, with accompanying position paper, on recommendations for the UN High-Level Meeting (UNHLM) on antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Statement for the Interactive Multi-Stakeholder Hearing as part of the preparatory process for the 2024 High-Level Meeting on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) Panel 2: Addressing antimicrobial access, research and development (R&D), and innovation Thank you, … Read more
What is antibiotic resistance (ABR)? Antibiotics are medicines used to prevent and treat bacterial infections. Antibiotic resistance (ABR) occurs when bacteria change in response to the use of these medicines. Bacteria, not humans or animals, become antibiotic-resistant. These bacteria may infect humans and animals, and the infections they cause are harder to treat than those … Read more
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is dealing with immense challenges while treating many people who have developed bone infections after having been shot by the Israeli army during protests in Gaza, Palestine over the last year. These infections are adding to the already complicated path to recovery that these injured people must tread. Their serious and complex wounds … Read more
Since 2015, MSF has been working on antibiotic resistance in collaboration with the Ministry of Health in West Bengal, India. As part of the project, a baseline audit of prescribing practices of district hospital doctors as well as health promotion activities for the local community were conducted along with medical consultations. Dr. Sakib Burza, Medical … Read more
Since 2015, Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been working on antibiotic resistance in collaboration with the health authorities in West Bengal, India. As the world discusses this growing challenge during the Antibiotic Awareness Week (November 12 to 18), the medical humanitarian organisation shares some of its findings on the reasons behind this phenomenon … Read more
Name : Designation : Imagine a world where a small finger prick can get fatally infected or an elective caesarean surgical wound fails to heal at all. One may immediately connect this with the pre-antibiotic era though some experts have warned this could be the not too distant future too. “It is not difficult … Read more