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Community pharmacies ideally placed to help the global fight against hepatitis C

2016 brought with it the first fall in deaths from hepatitis C in the UK in more than a decade, likely the result of increased treatment with new direct acting antiviral drugs…

Boost in availability of oral cholera vaccines is a potential game changer in global fight against cholera

Julie Hall from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies discusses a new global health plan to cut cholera deaths by 90% and to eliminate the disease by 2030.…

Wellcome Trust launches global project to map antibiotic resistance

A global project to help track and document diseases associated with antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has been launched, according to UK health charity the Wellcome Trust.…

WHO announces plan to slash cholera cases by 90%

Health officials from around the world have pledged to reduce cholera deaths by 90% by 2030, the World Health Organization (WHO) has announced.…

AMR: time is running out, we need action now

AMR is one of the biggest threats to modern medicine and the global economy, yet millions of people are unaware of its potentially catastrophic implications.…

AMR and diagnostics: pointing the way to better infection control

Antimicrobial resistance — the ability of previously sensitive microorganisms to resist the effects of an antimicrobial agent — is a growing problem. The World Health Organization has warned that we could be moving into a post-antibiotic era where even minor injuries could lead…

Urgent need for new antibiotics to tackle antimicrobial resistance, says WHO

The number of new antibiotics in development is insufficient to mitigate the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), according to a report launched by the World Health Organization (WHO).…

European Medicines Agency to host AMR summit

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is to host a summit meeting with doctors’ and patients’ organisations, academics, EU member states and the World Health Organization (WHO) to discuss how collaboration can help tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR).…

Invest in pharmaceutical services to drive universal healthcare, FIP says

Achieving universal health coverage requires investment in the pharmaceutical workforce, the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) has warned.…

New antibiotic shown to be effective against gonorrhoea superbug

A new class of antibiotic has been found to be effective against Neisseria gonorrhoeae according to researchers from Imperial College London and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.…