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For carers and parents committed to staying informed on antimicrobial resistance and their children, AMR Insights provides the most comprehensive, up-to-date overview of global news and research. Access the latest developments, key insights, and essential information to stay ahead in the fight against AMR.


25 February 2023

Molecular surveillance reveals widespread colonisation by carbapenemase and extended spectrum beta-lactamase producing organisms in neonatal units in Kenya and Nigeria

6 February 2023

High antibiotic exposure among children in low- and middle-income countries

30 January 2023

Using a pharmacist-led educational tool to teach elementary and middle-school students in Lebanon about microbes, antibiotic use and antimicrobial resistance: A pilot study

13 January 2023

The impact of Antimicrobial Stewardship Programmes in paediatric emergency department and primary care: a systematic review

28 November 2022

Vaccination coverage in Italian children and antimicrobial resistance: an ecological analysis

5 November 2022

Over prescription of antibiotics in children with acute upper respiratory tract infections: A study on the knowledge, attitude and practices of non-specialized physicians in Egypt

29 October 2022

Antibiotic prescribing patterns at children’s outpatient departments of primary care institutions in Southwest China

22 October 2022

Correlation Between Postoperative Antimicrobial Prophylaxis Use and Surgical Site Infection in Children Undergoing Nonemergent Surgery

22 October 2022

Evaluation of a 5-day High-Dose Course of Amoxicillin for the Management of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Children of 6 months to 10 years of Age

18 October 2022

One Health Joint Plan of Action launched to address health threats to humans, animals, plants and environment

6 October 2022

Impact of respiratory infection and chronic comorbidities on early pediatric antibiotic dispensing in the United States

9 September 2022

Optimizing Antibiotic Treatment of Skin Infections in Pediatric Emergency and Urgent Care Centers

3 September 2022

Antibiotic indications and appropriateness in the pediatric intensive care unit: a ten-center point prevalence study

1 September 2022

Frequency of bystander exposure to antibiotics for enteropathogenic bacteria among young children in low-resource settings

17 June 2022

Prioritize Children When Developing Antibacterial Agents

17 June 2022

A Multisite Collaborative to Decrease Inappropriate Antibiotics in Urgent Care Centers

17 June 2022

Parents’ awareness of antimicrobial resistance: a qualitative study utilising the Health Belief Model in Perth, Western Australia

14 June 2022

Prioritize Children When Developing Antibacterial Agents

11 June 2022

Effect of Point-of-Care Testing for Respiratory Pathogens on Antibiotic Use in Children

28 May 2022

Association of Inappropriate Outpatient Pediatric Antibiotic Prescriptions With Adverse Drug Events and Health Care Expenditures

6 May 2022

Global antibiotic use patterns in children

13 April 2022

Remote Stewardship for Medically Underserved Nurseries: A Stepped-Wedge, Cluster Randomized Study

9 April 2022

Antibiotics in Africa: Using storytelling and picture drawing for public engagement

9 April 2022

Strategic framework for collaboration on antimicrobial resistance

2 April 2022

Antimicrobial resistance including Extended Spectrum Beta Lactamases (ESBL) among E. coli isolated from kenyan children at hospital discharge 

26 March 2022

Cumulative Antibiotic Exposure in the First Five Years of Life: Estimates for 45 Low- and Middle-income Countries from Demographic and Health Survey Data

16 March 2022

Prevention of antimicrobial prescribing among infants following maternal vaccination against respiratory syncytial virus

11 March 2022

Antibiotic Use and Outcomes in Young Children Hospitalized with Uncomplicated Community-Acquired Pneumonia

5 February 2022

Education level and misuse of antibiotics in the general population: a systematic review and dose–response meta-analysis

4 February 2022

Extending the Reach of Antimicrobial Stewardship to Pediatric Patients

19 January 2022

Shorter treatment is better for young children with outpatient pneumonia

7 January 2022

Sesame Street Songs & Fundamental Lessons For Antibiotic Prescribing

17 December 2021

Researchers and students co-create book to teach youngsters about antibiotic resistance

8 December 2021

Progressing Antimicrobial Resistance Sensing Technologies across Human, Animal, and Environmental Health Domains

2 December 2021

Marked reduction in antibiotic usage following intensive malaria control in a cohort of Ugandan children

12 October 2021

Overuse of antibiotics in maternity and neonatal wards, a descriptive report from public hospitals in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

5 October 2021

Import of multidrug-resistant bacteria from abroad through interhospital transfers, Finland, 2010–2019

1 October 2021

BactiVac and AMR Insights to join forces

16 September 2021

Multiple introductions of multidrug-resistant typhoid associated with acute infection and asymptomatic carriage, Kenya

8 September 2021

A review of clinical profile, complications and antibiotic susceptibility pattern of extensively drug-resistant (XDR) Salmonella Typhi isolates in children in Karachi

2 September 2021

A Systematic Review of Pneumococcal Carriage, Disease, Antimicrobial Resistance, and Vaccination in Egyptian Children Aged 18 Years and Younger

28 April 2021

Childhood respiratory outpatient visits correlate with socioeconomic status and drive geographic patterns in antibiotic prescribing

24 March 2021

Poultry Ownership and Genetic Antibiotic Resistance Determinants in the Gut of Preschool Children

1 February 2021

Prevalence and antimicrobial resistance patterns of bacteria isolated from cerebrospinal fluid among children with bacterial meningitis in China from 2016 to 2018: a multicenter retrospective study

25 January 2021

Harmonising regulatory approval for antibiotics in children

5 October 2020

Parental self-medication with antibiotics for children promotes antibiotic over-prescribing in clinical settings in China

28 September 2020

Antimicrobial resistance among children in Africa: need for paediatric clinical trials

5 September 2020

High frequency of antibiotic prescription in children with undifferentiated febrile illness in Kenya

24 June 2020

Impact of rapid diagnostics with antimicrobial stewardship support for children with positive blood cultures: A quasi-experimental study with time trend analysis

13 June 2020

Targeted hygiene in the home and everyday life setting can reduce antibiotic prescription in children



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