Antimicrobial resistance is a global problem - a UK perspective
Antimicrobial resistance is a global problem - a UK perspective
Increasingly we are reaching a situation where current antimicrobial medicines are no longer effective for common infections, and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is now a global public health crisis. The reliance on antimicrobials such as antibiotics has become a major issue for both medicine and agriculture, particularly given the slow development of new medicines and pharmaceutical industry investment. The UK government has been working with other international bodies in the search for solutions to the many challenges AMR poses. Herbal medicines may provide a useful modality in the fight against AMR and can work solely or in tandem with current antimicrobial approaches. Recommendations for herbal medicine use during the COVID-19 viral pandemic have featured in Chinese national guidelines and policies, but UK strategies have no such guidance on herbal treatment for any infectious disease. More research is urgently needed to explore the biological plausibility and safety of herbal medicines to manage AMR. AMR is universal, affecting anyone and everyone, at any age and in any country. Investigating how such approaches can be integrated into western medicine will be important to elucidate.
Antibiotics, Antimicrobial resistance, Global health, Government response, Herbal medicine, Infection
Hu, Xiao-Yang
65904b24-3775-4b14-9532-eb703a056655
Logue, Martin
f8e94d56-b387-4bba-9fb6-0addc378713b
Robinson, Nicola
8d9e1831-747b-4d1e-aa37-51e0909484c1
June 2020
Hu, Xiao-Yang
65904b24-3775-4b14-9532-eb703a056655
Logue, Martin
f8e94d56-b387-4bba-9fb6-0addc378713b
Robinson, Nicola
8d9e1831-747b-4d1e-aa37-51e0909484c1
Hu, Xiao-Yang, Logue, Martin and Robinson, Nicola
(2020)
Antimicrobial resistance is a global problem - a UK perspective.
European Journal of Integrative Medicine, 36, [101136].
(doi:10.1016/j.eujim.2020.101136).
Abstract
Increasingly we are reaching a situation where current antimicrobial medicines are no longer effective for common infections, and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is now a global public health crisis. The reliance on antimicrobials such as antibiotics has become a major issue for both medicine and agriculture, particularly given the slow development of new medicines and pharmaceutical industry investment. The UK government has been working with other international bodies in the search for solutions to the many challenges AMR poses. Herbal medicines may provide a useful modality in the fight against AMR and can work solely or in tandem with current antimicrobial approaches. Recommendations for herbal medicine use during the COVID-19 viral pandemic have featured in Chinese national guidelines and policies, but UK strategies have no such guidance on herbal treatment for any infectious disease. More research is urgently needed to explore the biological plausibility and safety of herbal medicines to manage AMR. AMR is universal, affecting anyone and everyone, at any age and in any country. Investigating how such approaches can be integrated into western medicine will be important to elucidate.
This record has no associated files available for download.
More information
Accepted/In Press date: 1 May 2020
e-pub ahead of print date: 12 May 2020
Published date: June 2020
Additional Information:
Crown Copyright © 2020 Published by Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.
Keywords:
Antibiotics, Antimicrobial resistance, Global health, Government response, Herbal medicine, Infection
Identifiers
Local EPrints ID: 443337
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/443337
ISSN: 1876-3820
PURE UUID: 9ca1567d-fd1a-4e86-ab17-9eebc8fcb9fd
Catalogue record
Date deposited: 20 Aug 2020 16:34
Last modified: 17 Mar 2024 03:41
Export record
Altmetrics
Contributors
Author:
Martin Logue
Author:
Nicola Robinson
Download statistics
Downloads from ePrints over the past year. Other digital versions may also be available to download e.g. from the publisher's website.
View more statistics
