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Grantees 2021: Funding for projects in Ghana, Portugal and Sweden
PAR Foundation grants a total of three million SEK (approximately EUR 300 000) to three different projects in Ghana, Portugal and Sweden in their first international grant call. The projects adress important aspects of how to prevent common infections among elderly...
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Thomas har fått revansch på livet – nu vill han ge tillbaka
- Jag känner att jag vill ge något tillbaka, jag vill ge någonting till framtida generationer. Jag vill bidra till det goda samhället. Så svarar Thomas Grylin på frågan om varför han hörde av sig till PAR Foundation för att få hjälp att skriva in stiftelsen i sitt...
“Antibiotika är mitt arbetsredskap”
Sverige är ett föregångsland i arbetet mot antibiotikaresistens, men även här ökar de resistenta infektionerna. Infektionsläkare Anna Nordlander berättar om sina erfarenheter. Anna Nordlander är biträdande överläkare på infektionskliniken vid Karolinska...
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PAR Foundation teams up with Students for Global Health Cambridge to deliver an AMR training programme
The training programme, named “Become an Antibiotic Ally Against AMR”, was developed by three students from Students for Global Health- Cambridge (SfGH): Anna Govett, Christine Agbenu and Anya Webber in collaboration with PAR Foundation.
Thomas got his life back – now he wants to give back to society
- I feel that I want to give something back, I want to give something to future generations. I want to contribute to a better society. These words are Thomas Grylins’ response to the question of why he contacted PAR Foundation for assistance to include the foundation...
New collaboration between PAR Foundation and the Global AMR R&D Hub
– The collaboration with PAR Foundation is an excellent example for how the Dynamic Dashboard and the work of the Global AMR R&D Hub can support funders and stakeholders in the AMR R&D field more broadly, says Dr Elmar Nimmesgern, who leads the work of the Global AMR R&D Hub from their offices in Germany.
Opinion: Resistance could pose the greatest threat to our health
Debate article by The Foundation to Prevent Antibiotic Resistance, published in one of Sweden’s major daily newspapers Svenska Dagbladet 18 November 2020.
A new approach to prevent infections in vulnerable people could radically reduce the need for antibiotic treatment
Peter Bergman, one of the researchers that has received funding from PAR Foundation, is investigating how novel compounds could trigger the immune response to treat or even prevent infections. This approach has potential to dramatically reduce the need for antibiotic treatment and a very low risk of driving resistance.
How should we measure our impact?
The Foundation to Prevent Antibiotic Resistance has joined the Swedish impact measurement network Effektfullt, a partner network of Social Value International. We will work together with other change-making organizations to develop effective ways to measure our impact.
New report: Knowledge gaps in prevention of antibiotic resistance
A new study in Global Health Action, commissioned by the Foundation to Prevent Antibiotic resistance, concludes that research on preventive strategies is an under-researched field. Among the 430 000 research papers on antibiotic resistance that the study identified in an 18-year period, only 0.25% focus on preventive strategies. More cross-disciplinary research and evidence-based interventions are needed for the prevention of antibiotic resistance.
Antibiotic resistance and Sustainable Development Goals
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s) guide investment in sustainable development, and the lack of inclusion of antibiotic resistance has therefore been problematic. The recent review has added one indicator of resistant infections, but most of the links between resistance and the SDG’s are still implicit. Even so, rising awareness of the importance and fragility of global health can hopefully pave way for a greater recognition of the intimate connections between antibiotic resistance and sustainable development.
Pneumonia, access and excess
In low-income countries, the issue of antibiotic overuse is complicated by that many patients lack access to antibiotics even when they really need them. Nathalie Arnqvist studies Global Health at Uppsala University and is writing her master thesis in collaboration with the Foundation to Prevent Antibiotic Resistance, and her topic is pneumonia among children in Kenya.
Does antibiotic resistance matter in a viral pandemic?
At first sight, a viral disease such as covid-19 has little to do with antibiotic resistance. Those who remember their biology classes will know that antibiotics work only to treat bacterial infections. However, there can be a connection between the occurrence of resistant bacteria and how bad a viral pandemic becomes.