Anti-Microbial Resistance in Global Perspective
Authors: Ackers, L., Ackers-Johnson, G., Welsh, J., Kibombo, D., Samuel, O.
Free Preview- Provides an accessible introduction to the mechanics of international development and global health text.
- Serves useful for policy-makers and students across a wide range of disciplines.
- Demonstrates the systemic nature of AMR and the gains that can be made through improved Infection Prevention Control and direct engagement of laboratory testing in antibiotic prescribing.
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‘The Maternal Sepsis Intervention has had a profound impact on maternal mortality and antibiotic use whilst also reducing hospital costs. The Ministry of Health is keen to explore opportunities to extending the lessons learnt and integrate them in national policy-making.'
-Dr. Richard Mugahi, Ministry of Health, Uganda.
This open access book provides an accessible introduction to the mechanics of international development and global health text for policy-makers and students across a wide range of disciplines. Antimicrobial resistance is a major threat to the well-being of patients and health systems the world over. In fragile health systems so challenged, on a day-today basis, by the overwhelming burden of both infectious and non-communicable disease, it is easy to overlook the impacts of AMR. The Maternal Sepsis Intervention, focusing on a primary cause of maternal death in Uganda, demonstrates the systemic nature of AMR and the gains that can be made through improved Infection Prevention Control and direct engagement of laboratory testing in antibiotic prescribing.
- About the authors
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Louise Ackers holds a Chair in Global Social Justice at the University of Salford, UK, and has recently been appointed as a consultant for the World Health Organization.
Gavin Ackers-Johnson is Researcher at the University of Salford, UK.
Joanne Welsh is Researcher at the University of Salford, UK.
Samuel Opio is Secretary General of the Pharmaceutical Society of Uganda.
Daniel Kibombo is a Microbiologist at Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital and the Infectious Disease Institute.
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‘The Maternal Sepsis Intervention has had a profound impact on maternal mortality and antibiotic use whilst also reducing hospital costs. The Ministry of Health is keen to explore opportunities to extending the lessons learnt and integrate them in national policy-making.'(-Dr. Richard Mugahi, Ministry of Health, Uganda.)
- Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Introduction to Antimicrobial Resistance and the Maternal Sepsis Intervention
Pages 1-9
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Autonomy, Evidence and Methods in Global Health
Pages 11-36
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The Impact of the Maternal Sepsis Intervention
Pages 37-52
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Infection Prevention Control (IPC) and Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)
Pages 53-80
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The Role of Microbiology Testing in Controlling Infection and Promoting Antimicrobial Stewardship
Pages 81-102
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Anti-Microbial Resistance in Global Perspective
- Authors
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- Louise Ackers
- Gavin Ackers-Johnson
- Joanne Welsh
- Daniel Kibombo
- Opio Samuel
- Copyright
- 2020
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s)
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-62662-4
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-62662-4
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-62661-7
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XX, 191
- Number of Illustrations
- 4 b/w illustrations, 14 illustrations in colour
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