Training to Improve Clinical Specimen Collection and Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Diagnostics and Surveillance in Ethiopia

patterns and variations in native and non-native interlanguage pragmatic rating: effects of rater training, intercultural proficiency, and self-assessment

although there are studies on pragmatic assessment, to date, literature has been almost silent about native and non-native english raters’ criteria for the assessment of efl learners’ pragmatic performance. focusing on this topic, this study pursued four purposes. the first one was to find criteria for rating the speech acts of apology and refusal in l2 by native and non-native english teachers...

Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR): Why Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurses Need to Have AMR in Their Alphabet.

Antimicrobial Resistance in (AMR) Africa: Smoldering in the Shadows

Iruka Okeke has observed the medical tragedies in Africa up close and from an academic perch – a dual perspective that has made her, at 32, one of the leading young scientists to study the continent’s antibiotic resistance threat. Now assistant professor of biology at Haverford College, Okeke serves as APUA chapter advisor for sub-Saharan Africa. Trained initially as a pharmacist, Okeke now stu...

A Compilation of Articles and Resources on Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) and Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)

Below is a selection of suggested reading taken from the last 12 months of the Commission’s weekly publication “On the Radar”. The selection highlights papers and reporting exploring the evidence for the effectiveness of antimicrobial stewardship in hospitals, the scope of the problem of antimicrobial resistance, and some specific stewardship strategies. Commission projects supporting antimicro...

Using information technology to improve surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in South East Asia

T he continual rise of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) was recognised by the United Nations in 2016 as a serious threat to global health and human development. Surveillance of AMR and monitoring antibiotic usage are complementary and fundamental to everyday clinical practice. They are also central to monitoring the effectiveness of national AMR prevention and containment programmes. The extent o...