Canadian researchers are collaborating across disciplines to find new solutions to antimicrobial resistance.
As the global public health community focuses its attention on the ongoing spread of avian influenza across North America — including the hospitalization of ain British Columbia — networks of Canadian researchers are working behind the scenes to address the dangers of drug-resistant microbes found among livestock, hospitals, and everyday environments.
that found 26% of Canada’s 1 million bacterial infections reported in 2018 were resistant to first-line antibiotic treatments. By 2050, that will likely increase to 40%. Globally, AMR could lead to 10 million deaths each year.“AMR is an incredibly complex problem that no single approach or solution can solve,” said Dao Nguyen, MD, associate professor of medicine in microbiology and immunology at McGill University and director of the McGill AMR Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada..
“Audit and feedback programs are a low-cost, high-impact strategy that can significantly improve population health outcomes,” she said. “These strategies also provide physicians with the opportunity to reflect on their practices and identify areas for improvement.”
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