Uppsala Health Summit to focus on behavioral changes, antimicrobial resistance
Antimicrobial resistance is an urgent global threat to human and animal health. This year s Uppsala Health Summit, which will take place online on 15-18 March, will discuss how behaviour change across various sectors of society can slow down this worrying trend.
Excessive and incorrect use of medicines for humans and animals, and inadequate hygiene in healthcare, are some of the major factors behind the development and spread of antimicrobial resistance.
Widespread antimicrobial resistance has consequences for the entire health and medical care sector. Cancer therapies, organ transplants and childbirth, for example, are more risky when infections can no longer be slowed by antibiotics. People in low-income countries with weak healthcare systems are particularly vulnerable when common bacterial infections and parasites become increasingly difficult to deal with.
Researchers in Germany suggest that sniffer dogs should be considered as an additional screening tool for detecting infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) – the agent that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
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Veterinary profession celebrates International Women’s Day 2021
On International Women’s Day 2021, the Australian Veterinary Association proudly celebrates women within the veterinary profession – for their contribution to animal health and welfare, and for their inspiration to other women to become veterinarians – one of many factors influencing increased female representation within the veterinary profession in Australia.
“Becoming a veterinarian was a lifelong dream of mine. My mum says that as soon as I could talk, I would run around telling people that I wanted to be an ‘animal doctor’ when I grew up.” “Our local veterinarian was sensitive to the needs of both our pets and family – she inspired me to develop my communication skills to serve as a public health educator,” said recently graduated veterinarian Dr Marlena Lopez who works in Victoria and was named the AVA’s Veterinary Thought Leader of the Year in 2020.