Should public funding be invested in R&D for new antibiotics? | |
The above is the headline in a statement by ReAct in an online debate organized by the Globalization and Health Systems community hosted by the Geneva Health Forum and its partners on February 15, 2010. The title of the debate is: "Should the development of new antibiotics be a public health priority?" |  |
| As the emerging problem of antibiotic resistance is gaining global attention, debates such as this one are highly important. However, it might be valuable not to think of different counter measures to manage antibiotic resistance as mutually exclusive, when in reality we are and will be relying on several different interventions. The key issue is to come up with new ways of both perceiving and responding to this global challenge in public health. | |
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Breakthrough for development of antibacterialsDecember 1, 2009: As of today, the health ministers of the 27 European Union member states have adopted council conclusions concerning innovative incentives for effective antibiotics. | |
- This is one of the single most powerful, concerted political takes on antibiotic resistance ever, comments ReAct director, Professor Otto Cars. Read more in the press release> Read the Council Conclusions here> Reporting on the council conclusions for the Financial Times, Andrew Jack cites ReAct's Antibiotic Innovation Study. Read F.T. article, EU backs innovation in pharmaceutical sector> |  |
Constructive dialogue on the urgent need for new antibioticsFocusing on the need to develop new pharmaceuticals against infectious diseases;The conference "Innovative Incentives for Effective Antibacterials" took place in Stockholm on 17 September. Conference report now avilable. | |
Read more about the outcomes from the meeting on the Swedish Presidency conference web site> Download conference report> |  |
EU-US summit agrees to form transatlantic taskforce on antimicrobial resistanceAt the EU-US Summit on the 3rd of November, it was agreed to establish a transatlantic taskforce on urgent antimicrobial resistance issues. | |
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ReAct launches news service | |
Resistance in the News is an arbitrary selection of articles with relevance to antibiotic resistance and antibiotic use that have come to our attention lately. |  |
The desperate need for new antibiotics"We are facing a rapidly spreading pandemic"TIME Magazine quotes Professor Otto Cars, director of ReAct - Action on Antibiotic Resistance. |  | |
ReAct regional activities | |
| Africa | |
 | Fight AMR - Save medicines for our children Read more about the campaign and EPN>
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| Asia | |
 | China and Sweden in collaboration against Antibiotic Resistance Health ministers and experts meet to work out a collaboration plan to meet the challenge of antibiotic resistance. Read more about the meeting in Beijing in April 2009> |
| Latin America | |
 | ReActiva no 6 Octubre 2009 Read more about ReAct Latin America>
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Newly released ReAct Publications | |
Memorial book from Cuenca Restablecer La Salud de Los Ecosistemas Para Contener La Resistencia Bacteriana Restore the Health of the Ecosystems to contain Bacterial Resistance; a memorial book from the workshop and seminar in Cuenca in June 2008. |
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Cure with Care in chinese An easy-to-read booklet exploring some of the reasons for rapid spread of the problem and ways in which it can be tackled. |
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