The Economic Cost of Antimicrobial Resistance in Livestock

In the Lancet Public Health, OHT researchers and colleagues estimated the optimal use of AWaRe antibiotics, based on the burden of bacterial infections and AMR.

In Nature Microbiology, OHT researchers collaborated to propose a practical framework to help ensure wastewater surveillance generates information that can guide public health action, support environmental policies, and strengthen efforts to combat AMR.

In a collaborative article in BMJ Tobacco Control, OHT researchers found that raising taxes on bidis, hand-rolled tobacco products widely used in India, and removing tax exemptions for small producers could save millions of years of healthy life, reduce healthcare costs, and generate substantial economic gains.

An OHT study in Vaccine X shows that education, access to vaccination services, and trust in health information play a critical role in vaccine acceptance in rural India. 

In the Journal of Agricultural Economics, OHT and collaborators find that reducing antibiotic use in livestock may cause short-term production challenges, but the long-term economic impacts of AMR would be far greater. 

In The Lancet, OHT and collaborators advocate for moving beyond income-based classifications of countries toward multidimensional approaches that more accurately capture health needs and inequities. 

In the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, OHT’s Dr. Ramanan Laxminarayan explores how countries can meet the United Nations General Assembly goal of reducing deaths linked to antimicrobial resistance by 10 percent. 

In Epidemics, OHT researchers constructed a realistic synthetic population from census data to represent residents of selected U.S. metropolitan areas. Using these networks, they simulated how a respiratory disease could spread through communities.

In SSRN, an OHT study explores how the time of day influences cognitive performance among children, adolescents, and young adults in India.

Out in Malaria Journal, OHT researchers explore how social and household factors influence malaria and other mosquito-borne disease risks in urban cities. 

A review article by OHT researchers in Nature Reviews Microbiology highlights growing links between climate change and antimicrobial resistance.