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May 09, 2022
Since the start of the 20th century, global average life expectancy has risen from 32 to 72 years. The introduction of antimicrobials—such as antibiotics—to treat infections, combined with vaccines and improved infection control, helped significantly reduce the risks from infectious diseases, which ...
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December 09, 2021
Antibiotic resistance (AMR) is not a new problem. However, the global community has been slow to implement recommended policy measures and achieve systemic change. CGD will launch a working group on antimicrobial resistance—seeking to improve antibiotic access and R&D in low- and middle-inc...
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May 01, 2018
Last week, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) hosted an advance screening of the PBS Great Decisions episode, "Global Health: Preventing Pandemic.” After the screening, a panel of American global health experts took to the stage to discuss US leadership in ...
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October 02, 2017
Since Charles, Janeen, and I last wrote about the links between drug-resistant superbugs and antibiotic use in livestock, there has been a slew of new interesting, terrifying, and informative things to read on the topic. And they all underscore the need for a global approach to r...
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August 31, 2017
McDonald's has just gone global with its commitment to serve chicken free from antibiotics that are critically important to human health. Building on a similar phase-out in its US chicken supply in 2016, the company will ban critical antibiotic use from sourced chicken i...
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July 05, 2017
Each of the G20 summits of the past seven years has suffered in comparison with the London and Pittsburgh Summits of 2009, when the imperative of crisis response motivated leaders, finance ministers, and central bankers to coordinate effectively with each other. Subsequent summits have lacked the sa...
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June 29, 2017
The US agricultural sector is critical to global food security, but many of the policies that currently govern it negatively impact people around the world. In a new book, CGD visiting fellow Kim Elliott argues for practical policy reforms in three areas that are particularly damaging to developing ...
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June 26, 2017
Without global action, by 2050 there could be as many as 10 million antimicrobial resistance-related deaths each year. An important—and often overlooked—part of the problem is the overuse of antibiotics in farm animals. CGD recently convened a roundtable discussion with technic...