Videos in this resource go through the basics of the science behind the antibiotic crisis.
[21 Aug 2019] CARe fellows Christian Munthe, Nils Nijsingh, Karl de Fine Licht and Joakim Larsson are the joint editors of a new special issue of the research journal Bioethics on the theme of the ethics of antibiotic resistance. The issue features 8 original contributions by leading scholars from philosophy, politics, law, medicine and social science.
[19 Aug 2019] Professor Joakim Larsson and his co-workers at CARe have repeatedly pointed out a problem in the current substitution system for drugs in Sweden and many other countries; currently, only the cheapest copy of a given medicine is subsided by tax money. This provides counterincentives for manufacturers to invest in pollution control. Here TV4 interviews Professor Larsson and others about the need for change.
[10 Jul 2019] Researchers at CARe and the Ru¿er Bo¿kovi¿ Institute in Croatia have published a study which highlights the need for regulatory action also within Europe to avoid release of antibiotics into the environment.
[28 Jun 2019] Björn Rönnerstrand, forskare vid CARe_GU och SOM-institutet jämför den svenska opinionen kring klimatfrågan med den kring antibiotikaresistens
[24 Jun 2019] This paper is one of eight contributions to a forthcoming special issue on the ethics of antibiotic resistance, and scrutinizes the notion....
[18 Jun 2019] Patricia Huijbers, Carl-Fredrik Flach and Joakim Larsson at CARe have published a conceptual framework for environmental surveillance of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance in the environment.
[5 Jun 2019] The fourth annual CARe meeting was held June 3th - 4th on the island of Hisingen. Approximately 60 CARe scientists participated during the theme-based sessions.
2021 - Gothenburg
"This serious threat is no longer a prediction for the future, it is happening right now in every region of the world and has the potential to affect anyone, of any age, in any country"
"Without urgent, coordinated action by many stakeholders, the world is headed for a post-antibiotic era, in which common infections and minor injuries which have been treatable for decades can once again kill"
(World Health Organization 2014 regarding the global challenges with antibiotic resistance)
“It is not difficult to make microbes resistant to penicillin in the laboratory by exposing them to concentrations not sufficient to kill them… There is the danger that the ignorant man may easily underdose himself and by exposing his microbes to non-lethal quantities of the drug make them resistant.”
(Alexander Flemming, Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1945)
"Ethics and Value Challenges in Antibiotic Resistance Management, Policy and Research Symposium"
See all talks from the first ever major international conference on this topic.
This completely new Nordic educational program at the University of Gothenburg is under development. Note that the information on this website is continuously updated.
