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What can Leonardo Da Vinci teach us about tackling drug resistant infections?

by Christie Cabral and Helen Lambert Anti-microbial resistance (AMR) is a ‘wicked problem’ leading to drug resistant infections.  The evidence is incomplete or contradictory, there are many different interest groups with different needs and views, and the ‘solution’ depends on … Continue reading

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Social Science Research on Antimicrobial Resistance

Social scientists from all over the British Isles came together to talk about antimicrobial resistance (AMR) at our workshop on Friday 22nd April. The focus was on research which might be relevant to the forthcoming call for the cross council … Continue reading

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Reducing antibiotic prescriptions for children with coughs: who to target?

  By Christie Cabral Do parents want antibiotics when a child has a cough?  I’ve spoken to a lot of parents over the past five years and pretty well all of them say they would really rather not give their child … Continue reading

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Newton Fund: Opportunity for China-UK research collaboration on AMR

Helen Lambert, ESRC Research Champion, attended  the UK-China joint workshop in Shanghai to discuss the recently announced call for collaborative research on AMR. UK research councils (ESRC, MRC & BBSRC) together with the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) announced the … Continue reading

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Why social scientists are needed to address the challenge of drug resistant infections

By Helen Lambert ESRC AMR Research Champion Reader in Medical Anthropology School of Social and Community Medicine The global health problem of drug-resistant infections has been identified as a key issue for the UK, and the threat posed has been … Continue reading

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