antimicrobial resistance

Antimicrobial resistance: “Chance favours the prepared mind”

Posted by: Chris Teale, Posted on: 13 November 2017 - Categories: antimicrobial resistance

To mark World Antibiotic Awareness Week 2017, Chris Teale looks at the range of work being done by APHA around antimicrobial resistance.

Celebrating the communication of science

Posted by: Jane Goodger, Posted on: 18 September 2017 - Categories: antimicrobial resistance, Communicating science, Parasitology, TSE, Virology, Wildlife, Zoonosis

Jane Goodger talks about how we communicate our science and highlights some noteworthy achievements in recent months.

Tackling a ‘pig of a problem’: Salmonella and AMR in pork production workshop

Posted by: Francesca Martelli, Posted on: 4 September 2017 - Categories: antimicrobial resistance, Pigs, Salmonella

Francesca Martelli highlights the success of a recent APHA workshop focussing on Salmonella in pigs, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and abattoir hygiene.

Colistin: an antibiotic of last resort

Posted by: Sarah Evans, Posted on: 18 November 2016 - Categories: antimicrobial resistance

This week is World Antibiotic Awareness Week and today (18 November) is European Antibiotic Awareness Day. These events are aimed at increasing awareness of antibiotic resistance and encouraging best practices to reduce emergence and spread of antibiotic resistance.