Publication: Policy Options for Antimicrobial Resistance: Exploring Lessons From Environmental Governance Link Authors: Isaac Weldon, Kathleen Liddell, Kevin Outterson Introduction Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global health crisis. It happens when bacteria and other microbes evolve to survive the drugs meant to kill them. As a result, common infections become harder—and sometimes impossible—to treat. AMR […]
Publication: Interconnections between the food system and antimicrobial resistance: A systems-informed umbrella review from a One Health perspective Link Authors: Chloe Clifford Astbury, Catherine Hu, Krishihan Sivapragasam, Arabi Rajan, Mandy Geise, Cécile Aenishaenslin, Arne Ruckert, Kathleen Chelsea Togño, Mary Wiktorowicz, Tarra L. Penney Introduction Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a serious and growing threat to human, […]
Publication: Policy discourse on AMR in food-producing animals: examining framing and language for effective communication Link Authors: Carly Ching, Muhammad H Zaman, Veronika J Wirtz Introduction The overuse of antibiotics in agriculture and when raising food-producing animals can lead to antimicrobial resistance (AMR), which makes infections difficult or impossible to treat. This study was performed […]
Academic title: Treatment-Specific Interrupted Time Series Analyses of Judicial Deference to Health Technology Assessment in BrazilPublished in: BMC Health Services Research Authors: Mathieu JP Poirier, Tina Nanyangwe-Moyo, Natalia Pires de Vasconcelos, Daniel Wang, Gigi O Lin, Ana Luiza Chieffi, Cauê Freitas Mônaco, Zun Ge Mao, Steven J Hoffman Key takeaways Introduction Health technology assessments (HTAs) are […]
his policy brief outlines nine principles on equity, flexibility, and accountability based on lessons from the Montreal Protocol and adapts these lessons to the context of antimicrobial resistance.
This summary for the academic publication “Fit for Purpose?” Assessing the Ecological
Fit of the Social Institutions that Globally Govern Antimicrobial Resistance, highlights the need for robust institutions that sustainably manage the social and ecological factors accelerating AMR. It provides 5 design principles for building institutions to better harmonize the relationship between human and microbial ecosystems.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, many leaders said they were “following the science” when making public health decisions. This article fills a gap in existing research by examining how the phrase “following the science” misrepresents the role of scientific evidence in policymaking, the relationship among politicians and public health officials, and the locus of accountability for public health decisions.
The first systematic review and meta-analysis of international treaties’ impacts, challenges conventional wisdom on the gold standard for countries to make commitments to each other and identifies pathways to make treaties more effective.