Global Livestock Antibiotic Use Expected To Increase 67% By 2030
March 20, 2015 ・ Andrea White for the Princeton Environmental InstituteA team of researchers from Princeton University, the International Livestock Research Institute, the Université Libre de Bruxelles and the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics and Policy has conducted for the first time a broad assessment of antibiotic consumption in livestock…
The Costs of Phasing-out Antimicrobial Growth Promoters in Livestock
February 26, 2015 ・ Holly P. WellesMore Doctors Equal More Competition and More Antibiotics
February 9, 2015 ・ Igor HeifetzIMF Publication Highlights Antibiotic Resistance Among Top Four Global Health Threats
December 1, 2014 ・ Igor Heifetz
Conservation Versus Innovation In The Fight Against Antibiotic Resistance
September 12, 2014 ・ Holly P. Welles
Study Shows Significant Increase in Antibiotic Use Across the World
July 10, 2014 ・ Wendy Plump for the Princeton Environmental InstituteGlobal use of antibiotics is surging according to Princeton University researchers who have conducted a broad assessment of antibiotic consumption around the world. The study, “Global Trends in Antibiotic Consumption, 2000-2010,” found that worldwide antibiotic use has risen a staggering…
Challenge Is Doubly Great for the Developing World
January 5, 2014 ・ Igor HeifetzBy the time antibiotics were widely introduced in the 1940s, infectious diseases were already in decline in high-income countries thanks to improvements in sanitation and the introduction of vaccines. In many developing countries, on the other hand, antibiotics were introduced…
The Environmental Implications of Antibiotic Resistance
November 18, 2013 ・ Holly WellesThe very low antibiotic resistance observed in polar bears on the isolated Arctic archipelago of Svalbard supports the theory that the higher resistance found in animals living closer to human settlements is rooted in the anthropogenic use of antibiotics. The…
