In April 2011, Mohammed, a software developer based in the United Kingdom and Egypt, developed acute myeloid leukaemia, and while receiving chemotherapy, developed an E.Coli infection. Thanks to a specific combination of high-dose antibiotics, doctors were able to...
A new roadmap to tackle antimicrobial resistance is released today by the AMR Stakeholder Network on the occasion of the European Antibiotic Awareness Day. AMR (Antimicrobial Resistance) has been declared by the World Health Organization as an urgent, global health...
Superbugs cost the life of nearly 90 people every day in the EU and the EEA¹. A serious threat to patient safety, AMR crosses national borders and endangers many healthcare interventions, including life-saving surgical procedures and cancer treatments. The development...
By the European Cancer Leagues Access to Medicines Taskforce In 2016 European cancer societies decided to leave their comfort zone and join the access to medicines debate. They established the ECL Access to Medicines Task Force which has since then become an...
Earlier this year, EPHA published an in-depth review of the existing National Action Plans (NAP) and strategies against antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the EU and EEA Member States, focusing in particular on the extent to which they have adopted the One Health...