Fighting superbugs in India: A short film

26 April 2018

Written by

Shannon Harmon, digital editor, Longitude Prize

How does antibiotic resistance affect the world and what can we do about it?

The Longitude Prize and BIRAC are proud to bring you this short 10 minute film, following stories from India where antibiotic resistance is growing at a rapid rate. Interviews with doctors, patients and researchers all highlight the urgency of the problem. We also spoke with teams competing for the Longitude Prize to make rapid diagnostic tests that will hopefully help address the spread of superbugs in India and globally.

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Fighting superbugs in India: A short film

How does antibiotic resistance affect the world and what can we do about it?

Latest blogs

Antibiotic use falling but resistant infections rising: what are clinicians to do?

Catalysing Innovation and a Feasible Market Mechanism For AMR Through a New Multi-Stakeholder Investment Fund

Review of Progress on Antimicrobial Resistance

Tackling antibiotic resistance in agriculture

World Sepsis Day: We need a rapid diagnostic test in the hands of doctors and nurses to reduce mortality

Our innovators are taking the AMR fight to the front line

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