Background: As called for by the Sustainable Development Goals, governments,
development partners and civil society are working on anti-corruption, transparency and …

Background: Antibiotics have become the cornerstone for the treatment of infectious
diseases and contributed significantly to the dramatic global health development during the …

A wave of recent cross‐national research has pointed to the positive consequences for
countries with high levels of “quality of government”(QoG), broadly defined, such as …

Background Antibiotic resistance leads to longer hospital stays, higher medical costs, and
increased mortality. However, research into the relationship between climate change and …

Introduction: Antibiotics are indispensable to maintaining human health; however, their
overuse has resulted in resistant organisms, increasing morbidity, mortality and costs …

Background Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses an increasing public health threat to low-
and lower-middle income countries. Recent studies found that in fact poor governance and …

Worldwide, antibiotic use is increasing, but many infections against which antibiotics are
applied are not even caused by bacteria. Over‐the‐counter and internet sales preclude …

Background Previous evidence shows that antibiotic use and antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
spread are not always perfectly correlated within and between countries. We conducted an …

Background: Surveillance of antimicrobial consumption (AMC) is important to address
inappropriate use. AMC data for countries in the European Union (EU) and European …

Antimicrobial resistance is a growing global problem that causes increased deaths as well
as increased suffering for people. Overall, there are two main factors that drive antimicrobial …