PREVENT IT Associate Researchers’ Training at Maasricht University, Netherlands

The researchers of the PREVENT IT project undertook a five-day intensive training at the University of Maastricht and Zuyderland hospital Maastricht University Campus from 6th June 2022 to 11th June 2022. The training was provided and supervised by the experts from various fields viz. Public Health, Medicine and clinical science.…

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Antimicrobial Resistance in Antarctica: Is It Still A Pristine Environment?

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global public health threat. Surveillance is one of the critical interventions to tackle the emergence and spared of AMR. Antarctica is one such place where the human settlements are relatively less and acts as a simpler model to study the factors that increases AMR. There…

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PREVENT IT Associate Researchers’ Training at the University of Milan, Italy

The researchers of the PREVENT IT project undertook a five-day intensive training at the University of Milan and Niguarda hospital from 30th May, 2022 to 3rd June 2022. The training was provided by experts from various fields viz. Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, One Heath unit and…

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Antibiotics in the Pipeline: A Literature Review (2017-2020)

Antibiotic resistance (ABR) is causing increased mortality and morbidity and is straining the healthcare system. The rising problem of ABR can be controlled through effective antibiotic stewardship system and by facilitating new drug developments. Several new antibiotics are in the pipeline to fight the ABR pandemic. Most of these antibiotics…

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Impact of Antibiotics on Off-Target Infant Gut Microbiota and Resistance Genes in Cohort Studies

nfants and young children are exposed to the most antibiotics of any age group, with an estimated 30–40% of children receiving at least one course of antibiotics during their first year of life. Although the majority of these antibiotics are used to treat acute respiratory tract infections, an unintended consequence…

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Residual Antimicrobial Agents in Food Originating from Animals

The use of antimicrobials, specifically antibiotics, is not limited to humans, but also common in animals and plants. However, the overuse of these antimicrobial agents has made the situation more worrisome. This means that misuse has led to mutations, gene transfers in microbes making them stronger to survive in the…

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Short Review on the Potential Alternatives to Antibiotics in the Era of Antibiotic Resistance

Antibiotics were once considered wonder drugs. They worked fantastically to treat infections and bring down the mortality and morbidity due to bacterial infections. Unfortunately, humans misused these drugs resulting in antibiotic resistance. As a result, antibiotics started to fail. Pharmaceutical companies are showing more interest in funding drugs like anticancer…

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International Workshop on ‘One Health and Antibiotic Resistance’ by Voluntary Health Association of Tripura (VHAT), Tripura

The Voluntary Health Association of Tripura (VHAT), a partner non-governmental organization (NGO) of Prevent IT Project hosted an awareness event titled ‘One Health and Antibiotic Resistance’ on 12th May 2022 at the campus of Tripura University, Tripura. The target audience was students from the Philosophy, Commerce, and Social exclusion and…

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PREVENT IT at the West Timisoara University Erasmus+ International Week

During the 10th edition of the Erasmus International Week at the West University of Timisoara (Romania), Prof. Stefano Greco - Director of the Chitkara Spaak Centre for Multidisciplinary European Studies - has been invited to present the Erasmus+ projects developed and coordinated at Chitkara University. More than 100 delegates from…

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International Workshop on ‘Tackling Antibiotic Resistance through One Health’ by Rural Institute for People’s Enlightenment (RIPE), Tirupati

The Rural Institute for People’s Enlightenment (RIPE), a partner non-governmental organization (NGO) of Prevent It Project hosted an awareness event titled, “Tackling Antibiotic Resistance though One Health” on 10th May 2022 at Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh. The target audience was students from the College of Dairy Technology, Sri Venkateshwara Veterinary University,…

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