Tackling antimicrobial resistance:

GS Paper 3: Syllabus: Biotechnology related issues.   Context: Health ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) highly industrialised countries recently recognised antimicrobial resistance was a bigger threat to low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) even though fighting it was a shared responsibility.   Concerns associated: Nearly 700,000 people die of AMR every year. The toll …

Bacterial resistance to drugs:

GS Paper 3: Topics Covered: Biotechnology related issues.   Context: A comprehensive estimate of the global impact of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), covering 204 countries and territories, was published recently in The Lancet. The report is titled- Global Research on Antimicrobial Resistance (GRAM) report.   Highlights: 1.27 million people died in 2019 as a direct result …