I was always interested in microbiology.After medical school, I first became involved in basic research on antimicrobial resistance. It wasn’t as big an issue then as it is today, but the biology ...

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Blog - In maternity wards across sub-Saharan Africa, the battle for life is fought on two fronts: against the complications of childbirth, and against infections that refuse to respond to treatment.

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It is not uncommon to walk into a pharmacy and buy antibiotics without a doctor’s prescription. Many people take them for ...

More than four out of five deaths (83.9%) were in white patients. That group is more likely to be exposed to risk factors ...

By Frank Okello The World Health Organization (WHO) has cautioned that antibiotic resistance is rapidly spreading, turning treatable infections into deadly threats and silently fueling what experts ...