World Antimicrobial Awareness Week begins at BMU
World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2025, taking place from November 18鈥�24 under the theme 鈥楢ct Now: Protect Our Present, Secure Our Future, began at Bangladesh Medical University on Thursday.
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Hospital-acquired infections must be contained
THE management of antibiotic-resistant bacteria has been a growing public health concern. Despite repeated calls from health advocates, the management of infectious drug-resistant microorganisms in our hospitals remains poor. A recent study by the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Bangladesh found that a highly drug-resistant fungal 鈥榮uperbug鈥� called...
Govt must strictly regulate use of antibiotics
ANTIMICROBIAL resistance has become a major health concern because of poor healthcare standards, compounded by the misuse and abuse of antibiotics. Antibiotic resistance results in a decreased ability to treat infection, leading to increased illness, death and an increased cost of treatment. The Global Antibiotic Resistance Surveillance Report 2025 finds that several widely...
Antibiotics lose efficacy up to 97 per cent
Some widely used antibiotics have lost efficacy up to 97 per cent in Bangladesh because of the misuse of the lifesaving drugs due to unregulated sale, over-prescription, self-medication and incomplete dosing as laws and High Court verdict are hardly followed.
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria prevalent in Dhaka meat shops: study
Harmful bacteria, many of those now resistant to commonly used antibiotics, are prevalent at retail meat shops across the capital Dhaka, researchers said, highlighting the food safety risks in one of the world鈥檚 most densely populated cities...
Adviser cautions indiscriminate use of antibiotics in livestock
Fisheries and livestock adviser Farida Akhter at a programme on Saturday called upon all concerned to stop the indiscriminate use of antibiotics in livestock...
Antibiotic resistance: a silent killer
ANTIBIOTIC resistance is increasingly becoming a global health crisis, primarily driven by the irrational, unnecessary, and non-compliant use of antibiotics. Research reveals that, in 2022 alone, over 3 million children worldwide succumbed to antibiotic-resistant infections. A study by two leading child health researchers highlighted that children in Africa and...
UK, EU face significant medicine shortages, study finds
Patients in the United Kingdom and European Union are facing shortages of vital medicines such as antibiotics and epilepsy medication, research published on Thursday found....
