Publications by authors named "Ponnu Padiyara"
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major 21st century global health challenge. The WHO African Region Member States committed to develop and implement multisectoral national action plans (NAPs) that address AMR, in line with the Global Action Plan on AMR (GAP). The aim of this paper is to present the progress of AMR response in the WHO African Region based on the annual Tracking AMR Country Self-Assessment Survey (TrACSS), with a focus on human health indicators.
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- The study aimed to examine how the use of pain-relieving medications (like acetaminophen and aspirin) affects the ability to conceive during critical phases of the menstrual cycle: preovulation, periovulation, and implantation.
- Researchers analyzed data from women aged 30-44 trying to conceive between 2008 and 2015, focusing on medication use and its impact on fecundability, which refers to the probability of conceiving.
- Results showed that pain medication use was rare among the participants, and neither nonaspirin NSAIDs nor acetaminophen affected fecundability in any of the studied time windows; aspirin usage results were less conclusive due to the small sample size.
Since their discovery, antibiotics, and more broadly, antimicrobials, have been a cornerstone of modern medicine. But the overuse and misuse of these drugs have led to rising rates of antimicrobial resistance, which occurs when bacteria adapt in ways that render antibiotics ineffective. A world without effective antibiotics can have drastic impacts on population health, global development, and the global economy.
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