Kids Hurt By Antibiotic Resistance, Doctors Warn

The goals are to increase health care provider and patient knowledge about the harms of inappropriate antibiotic use and support clinicians in improving antibiotic prescribing, particularly for acute respiratory infections. “This is why we need better controls on the production, registration, importation, distribution and use of antibiotics, as well as good legislation, qualified veterinarians and a well-organized veterinary profession to oversee their use in animals”, OIE director general Dr. Bernard Vallat said. At the same time, the United Nations health agency released a multi- country survey showing people are “confused” about the threat. There is a list of practical and preventive steps people can follow, such as not sharing the medication prescribed to them with family or friends, even if they suffer from the same condition. Close to one third (32%) of people surveyed believe they should stop taking antibiotics when they feel better, rather than completing the prescribed course of treatment. The connection is simple: antibiotic use in livestock turns into antibiotic resistance in bacteria, which in turn raises the risk for children to contract antibiotic resistant infections. The SWI develops new antibiotics to combat bacteria that is resistant to antibiotics already in use.

WHO South-East Asia Region’s 11 member countries signed a declaration in Jaipur, India, to prioritize action against antibiotics resistance. These bacteria may then infect humans and are harder to treat than non-resistant bacteria.

The World Health Organization warned resistance is putting the achievements of modern medicine at risk.

He said a doctor’s prescription was also needed for the purchase of antibiotics at pharmacies.

A report from Public Health England (PHE) published on Monday said usage of antibiotics when all other treatments have failed has risen since 2010, with the use of carbapenems and piperacillin/tazobactam increasing by 36% and 55% respectively, from 2010-14, although the rate of increase is slowing. One of the biggest health challenges of the 21st century will require global behaviour change by individuals and societies, Fukuda added.

Forty-four per cent of Russians who had taken antibiotics in the past year had not been prescribed the drugs, while 5 per cent of Chinese users had ordered them off the internet.

It has been 30 years since a new class of antibiotics was last introduced, despite the fact that growing numbers of infections are resistant to antibiotics. Over half, however, said there was not much they could do to stop antibiotic resistance and 64% think scientists will solve the problem before it becomes too much of an issue.

Nearly three quarters (73%) of respondents said farmers should give fewer antibiotics to food-producing animals.