A roundup of news on drug resistance and other topics in global health.

The third and last part of the survey launched by the Antimicrobial Stewardship and Antimicrobial Resistance working groups at the International Society of Chemotherapy is now online. These surveys seek to evaluate how antibiotics are used in the treatment of drug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria across the world. [CDDEP]

In the Huffington Post this week, Mark Dybul, the executive director of the Global Fund, and Julio Frenk, dean of the Harvard School of Public Health and a member of the Lancet Commission on Investing in Health, highlighted the need for a more inclusive global health regime based on principles of shared responsibility and accountability. [Huffington Post]

A new laser-based rapid test for malaria that does not require blood withdrawal will soon be put into clinical trial in humans with malaria symptoms, reports The New York Times. [NYT]

Results from new research published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine show that patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis may be able to be treated with a transfusion of stem cells created from their own bone marrow. [Reuters]

According to a recent study in the journal Pharmacotherapy, in 2009 the cost of antibiotics for children younger than 10 was five times higher under the mostly private health insurance system of the US than under the UK’s government-funded health insurance scheme. [HealthDay]

Professor Jeremy Farrar, the director of the Wellcome Trust, warned that antibiotic resistance is at a tipping point and called for international action to address this global threat.  [The Guardian]

A new study published in PLoS Medicine suggests that implementing a high tax rate on sugar-sweetened beverages will help control the rising levels of obesity and incidences of Type 2 diabetes in both rural and urban areas of India. [Times of India]

new report by the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) shows that sexually transmitted diseases are rising in the US, with gonorrhea increasing by 4.1 percent and syphilis increasing by 11.1 percent from 2011 to 2012. [Huffington Post]

In their quest to find ways to make cheaper and more effective mosquito repellents, researchers at the University of California, Riverside have found a chemical compound called ethyl pyruvate that blocks the mosquitoes receptors and maybe cheaper to manufacture than the most effective chemical repellent currently used. [VOA News]

After facing criticism for its endorsement of eight proposals aimed at combating neglected diseases, the World Health Organization (WHO) has asked the backers of these projects to explain this month how they will test methods for funding the work. [Nature]

A new study to be published in the journal Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy finds that from 2001 to 2010 inappropriate antibiotic use for acute respiratory tract infections in emergency departments declined among children, but not among adults. [Science Daily]

The implementation of a national initiative to reduce methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) rates in US Veterans Affairs long-term care facilities has led to a 36% decrease in MRSA infections, according to a new study published in the American Journal of Infection Control. [EurekAlert]

What health issues did people search for on Google the most in 2013? [Huffington Post]

The Guardian highlights six health breakthroughs we might see in 2014. [The Guardian]