Hospital-acquired infections are fuelling antimicrobial resistance

[watch the interview] When we go to seek healthcare in hospitals or other healthcare settings, getting infected with hospital-acquired infections instead, is not part of the deal. “Why are hospital-acquired infections so acceptable?” rightly questions Dr Nour Shamas, a Lebanese infectious disease clinical pharmacist, who is also part of the World Health Organization (WHO) Task Force of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Survivors.

[video] When her mother's UTI caused by drug-resistant bacteria changed her life

[video] Young people do not want a future with looming threat of antimicrobial resistance

[video] Are we on track on the promises for gender equality and human rights?

[video] Antimicrobial resistance and animals: Misuse and overuse of medicines in veterinary and livestock must stop

4th Edition of the Annual Global Media Forum in lead up to World AMR Awareness Week

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The 4th Edition of the Annual Global Media Forum in lead up to World AMR Awareness Week (WAAW: 18-24 November 2024) will be organised by Global AMR Media Alliance (GAMA) on 7th November, Thursday, 11am CET.

Young people do not want a future with looming threat of antimicrobial resistance

Who would ever want to deal with infections that are difficult (or impossible) to treat! Young people are right when they call on world leaders to ensure a future where antimicrobial resistance is no longer a threat to global health security and food security.

SHE & Rights 2nd session: Reality check on promises for gender equality and human rights

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Our governments have promised to deliver on gender equality and human rights by endorsing a range of declarations, agreements and other commitments, including legally binding treaty CEDAW, 1994 ICPD and its platform of action, 1994 Beijing Declaration and its platform for action, UN Sustainable Development Goals, among others.

HIV response under lens of indigenous rights

It is alarming to note that as per UNAIDS data the annual number of new HIV infections in the Latin American countries increased by 9% between 2010 and 2023, despite the advent of powerful new prevention tools like PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis).

[video] At least a century of inequities and injustices plaguing the TB response

Are we delivering new HIV prevention tools with speed, scale and equity?

[watch the video] Imagine failing 1.3 million times in a year: Failure to ensure that everyone has access to prevention options to protect oneself from HIV acquisition, has resulted in at least 1.3 million new HIV infections in 2023. The pace of progress towards ending AIDS is out of step if we are to end AIDS by 2030.

[video] Are we delivering new HIV prevention tools with speed, scale and equity?

[video] New HIV prevention technologies must be accessible to people: Jim Pickett at #HIVR4P

Choices for women and girls for HIV prevention: So near and yet so far

Longstanding gender inequalities, discrimination and poverty deny many women and girls bodily and economic autonomy - which deprives them of control over their sexual health, and increase the risk of preventable infections like HIV. Women and girls are still disproportionately affected with HIV.

At least a century of inequities and injustices plaguing the TB response

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Join us on 15th October 2024, in a special session of End TB Dialogues on the theme: At least a century of inequities and injustices plaguing the TB response.

Global meet comes to Asia Pacific – home to largest TB burden worldwide

(written by Rita Widiadana and published in Asia Sentinel)

Indonesia is gearing up to welcome thousands of delegates to the largest lung health gathering, the Union World Conference of Lung Health 2024, in Nusa Dua, Bali from Nov 12 through Nov 16 this year.

Are we on the path to end AIDS by 2030?

The reality is a mix of YES and NO. While the facts and figures shared in the latest report by UNAIDS reveal that as a world we are NOT already on the path, they do show that we CAN be there if world leaders take bold actions ensuring that the HIV response has the resources it needs and that the human rights of everyone are protected.