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Spotlight on AMR

This week, VaccinesWork is shining a spotlight on antimicrobial resistance (AMR), a colossal threat to human and animal health. Stick with us to learn more about AMR and to find out what vaccines can do to help.

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The Lekma Hospital, where the Ghana Public Health Association is partnering with the hospital on an AMR project in Accra. Credit: Francis Kokutse

How Ghana is fighting a deadly rise in antimicrobial resistance

22 Nov 2024

4 min read

Antimicrobial resistance Spotlight on AMR

A nurse giving rotavirus vaccine to a child during a routine immunisation session in India. Gavi/2023/Prakhar Deep Jain

Fighting antimicrobial resistance in the world’s biggest consumer of antibiotics

20 Sep 2024

6 min read

Antimicrobial resistance Spotlight on AMR

Two boys walking at destroyed school in the Ukrainian city of Zhytomyr after a Russian ballistic missile hit.

The devastating impact of war on antimicrobial resistance

19 Sep 2024

7 min read

Antimicrobial resistance Spotlight on AMR Conflict & humanitarian

A mother and child awaiting the malaria vaccine in Côte d'Ivoire. Credit: Gavi/2024/Miléquêm Diarassouba

Drug-resistant superbugs set to kill 39 million people by 2050, Lancet study warns

18 Sep 2024

4 min read

Antimicrobial resistance Spotlight on AMR

A mother and child during the launch of the malaria vaccine in South Sudan. Credit: Gavi/2024/Achuoth Deng

Antimicrobial resistance emerges as a bigger killer in Africa than malaria, HIV or TB

17 Sep 2024

4 min read

Antimicrobial resistance Spotlight on AMR

Drug capsules in a container held by a gloved hand.

Antimicrobial resistance: a VaccinesWork briefing

16 Sep 2024

4 min read

Antimicrobial resistance Spotlight on AMR

Vaccines can prevent many infections, reducing the need for antibiotics and the risk of developing resistance. Credit: Edward Jenner on Pexels

Six things you need to know about how vaccines can help prevent antimicrobial resistance

17 May 2024

4 min read

Antimicrobial resistance Routine immunisation Spotlight on AMR

A massive dust storm rolls into Phoenix, Arizona. Credit: Jerry Ferguson.

Man versus mycelium: The race to create vaccines against fungal threats

3 Jul 2023

11 min read

Vaccine development Antimicrobial resistance Spotlight on AMR

What misusing antibiotics is really costing us

20 Jun 2023

4 min read

Antimicrobial resistance Spotlight on AMR

“Time is running out”: WHO review warns there are not enough antibiotics in the pipeline to combat urgent health threat

17 Mar 2023

5 min read

Antimicrobial resistance Innovation Spotlight on AMR

Close up of petri dishes. Credit: Edward Jenner / Pexels

The silent pandemic: how drug-resistant superbugs risk becoming the world’s number one killer

21 Nov 2022

10 min read

Antimicrobial resistance Explainer Research summary Spotlight on AMR

A vaccination team going on a boat (locally made with plastic barrels) to vaccinate children against Typhoid, during the TCV campaign in Sohbatpur city. Credit: Gavi/Asad Zaidi

“It’s difficult, but we’ll find a way”: a new vaccine against typhoid rolls out in a flood-devastated province of Pakistan

4 Nov 2022

8 min read

Antimicrobial resistance Climate change Typhoid Spotlight on AMR

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