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Compounding the cure: How our overzealous efforts to zap infections could be making animals — and humans — sicker
Manage episode 478807813 series 3362245
Featured in this episode:
Dr. Scott Weese is a veterinary internal medicine specialist, chief of infection control and director of the Centre for Public Health and Zoonoses at the University of Guelph’s Ontario Veterinary College. Weese is a member of the Global Leaders Group on antimicrobial resistance and has helped craft antimicrobial use guidelines for veterinarians in Canada.
Further reading:
- The global threat of antibiotic resistance
- At the UN, world leaders are negotiating the biggest health issue you’ve never heard of
- Three million child deaths linked to drug resistance, study shows
- Do I need that antibiotic?
- Veterinary medicine is key to overcoming antimicrobial resistance
- The link between pets, people and antimicrobial resistance
- Canada introduces new guidelines to tackle antimicrobial resistance
Solve for X is brought to you by MaRS, North America’s largest urban innovation hub and a registered charity. MaRS supports startups and accelerates the adoption of high-impact solutions to some of the world’s biggest challenges. For more information, visit marsdd.com.
29 episodes
Manage episode 478807813 series 3362245
Featured in this episode:
Dr. Scott Weese is a veterinary internal medicine specialist, chief of infection control and director of the Centre for Public Health and Zoonoses at the University of Guelph’s Ontario Veterinary College. Weese is a member of the Global Leaders Group on antimicrobial resistance and has helped craft antimicrobial use guidelines for veterinarians in Canada.
Further reading:
- The global threat of antibiotic resistance
- At the UN, world leaders are negotiating the biggest health issue you’ve never heard of
- Three million child deaths linked to drug resistance, study shows
- Do I need that antibiotic?
- Veterinary medicine is key to overcoming antimicrobial resistance
- The link between pets, people and antimicrobial resistance
- Canada introduces new guidelines to tackle antimicrobial resistance
Solve for X is brought to you by MaRS, North America’s largest urban innovation hub and a registered charity. MaRS supports startups and accelerates the adoption of high-impact solutions to some of the world’s biggest challenges. For more information, visit marsdd.com.
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