Publications

September 2014
Report to the President on Combating Antibiotic Resistance
Antibiotic Resistance
January 2014
The impact of heterogeneous transmission on the establishment and spread of antimalarial drug resistance
Antibiotic Resistance, Malaria
November 2013
Is Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) Sequence Type 398 Confined to Northern Manhattan? Rising Prevalence of Erythromycin- and Clindamycin-Resistant MSSA Clinical Isolates in the United States.
Disease Control Priorities, Antibiotic Resistance
Is Methicillin-Susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) Sequence Type 398 Confined to Northern Manhattan? Rising Prevalence of Erythromycin- and Clindamycin-Resistant MSSA Clinical Isolates in the United States.Read more
October 2013
Optimizing antimicrobial prescribing: Are clinicians following national trends in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections rather than local data when treating MRSA wound infections
Health and Development, Antibiotic Resistance
January 2012
Does a Legal Ban on Sex-Selective Abortions Improve Child Sex Ratios? Evidence from a Policy Change in India
Health and Development
Does a ban on sex-selective abortions effectively work towards evening the child sex ratio in India?Read more
December 2011
Socioeconomic Differences in the Impact of Smoking Tobacco and Alcohol Prices on Smoking in India
Antibiotic Resistance, Alcohol and Tobacco
How would taxing cigarettes and bidis affect smoking rates in India? How do socioeconomic factors affect the impact of such taxes?Read more
December 2011
Rationalizing antibiotic use to limit antibiotic resistance in India
Antibiotic Resistance
A report summarizing the situation as it is known regarding antibiotic use and growing resistance in India and recommending short and long term actions.Read more
November 2011
Communicating trends in resistance using a drug resistance index
Malaria, Antibiotic Resistance
This article develops a method for aggregating bacterial resistance to multiple antibiotics, creating a drug resistance index comparable to the composite economic indices that measure consumer prices and stock market values.Read more
September 2011
Seasonal and Temperature-Associated Increases in Gram-Negative Bacterial Bloodstream Infections among Hospitalized Patients
Antibiotic Resistance, Antibiotic Resistance
Are rates of bacterial bloodstream infections in hospitals associated with seasonality or temperature?Read more
September 2011
Travel risk, malaria importation and malaria transmission in Zanzibar
Antibiotic Resistance, Malaria
August 2011
Situation Analysis: Antibiotic Use and Resistance in South Africa
Antibiotic Resistance, Antibiotic Resistance
What is the burden of bacterial infections, including antibiotic resistant infections, in South Africa, and what can be done to improve health for the population?Read more
August 2011
Situation Analysis and Recommendations: Antibiotic Use and Resistance in Kenya, Executive Summary
Malaria, Antibiotic Resistance
This report surveys antibiotic use and resistance in Kenya and offers actionable policy proposals to lessen the burden of bacterial infections in the country.Read more
August 2011
Situation Analysis and Recommendations: Antibiotic Use and Resistance in Kenya
Antibiotic Resistance, Antibiotic Resistance
This report surveys antibiotic use and resistance in Kenya and offers actionable policy proposals to lessen the burden of bacterial infections in the country.Read more
August 2011
Antibiotic Resistance and the 111th Congress
Antibiotic Resistance, Antibiotic Resistance
A legislative round-up of the 111th Congress's action on antibiotic resistance...Read more
July 2011
The Frequency and Impact of Nonprescription Antimicrobial Use Worldwide: A Systematic Review
Antibiotic Resistance, Antibiotic Resistance
July 2011
Using Oral Vancomycin Prescriptions as a Proxy Measure for Clostridium difficile Infections: A Spatial and Time Series Analysis
Antibiotic Resistance, Antibiotic Resistance
June 2011
Non-prescription antimicrobial use worldwide: a systematic review
Antibiotic Resistance
June 2011
Solving the Sisyphean Problem of Malaria in Zanzibar
Antibiotic Resistance, Malaria
With malaria once again nearing elimination in Zanzibar, will a disruption in funding cause a resurgence in the disease?Read more
April 2011
A Framework for Global Surveillance of Antibiotic Resistance
Antibiotic Resistance, Antibiotic Resistance
A robust global surveillance system is needed to monitor and address the growing problem of antibiotic resistance worldwide.Read more
March 2011
Improving Antimicrobial Stewardship: The Evolution of Programmatic Strategies and Barriers
Malaria, Antibiotic Resistance
Antimicrobial stewardship programs (ASPs) have expanded in the past decade. What are the characteristics of current ASPs and what barriers remain to their implementation?Read more
March 2011
Situation Analysis: Antibiotic Use and Resistance in India, Executive Summary
Health and Development, Antibiotic Resistance
What do we know about treatment access and antibiotic resistance in India?Read more
March 2011
Situation Analysis: Antibiotic Use and Resistance in India
Antibiotic Resistance, Antibiotic Resistance
What do we know about treatment access and antibiotic resistance in India?Read more
February 2011
Situation Analysis: Antibiotic Use and Resistance in Vietnam, Executive Summary
Antibiotic Resistance, Antibiotic Resistance
January 2011
Global Burden of Disease: Causes, Consequences and Intervention Strategies
Antibiotic Resistance, Health and Development
January 2011
Ecology and economics of cycling antibiotics: Insights from mathematical modeling
Antibiotic Resistance, Antibiotic Resistance
December 2010
Pharmacologic Advances in the Global Control and Treatment of Malaria: Combination Therapy and Resistance
Antibiotic Resistance, Malaria
December 2010
Costs and financial feasibility of malaria elimination
Antibiotic Resistance, Malaria, Health and Development
In examining potential short-term to medium-term financial savings, what are the marginal costs and benefits of converting malaria programmes from a control to an elimination goal?Read more
September 2010
Fighting Antibiotic Resistance: Marrying New Financial Incentives To Meeting Public Health Goals
Disease Control Priorities, Antibiotic Resistance
How can financial incentives be leveraged to increase antibiotic effectiveness?Read more
June 2010
The Interagency Taskforce on Antimicrobial Resistance: 10 Years of Coordinated Federal Action
Malaria, Antibiotic Resistance
The Interagency Task Force on Antimicrobial Resistance (ITFAR) was created in 1999 to bring together 10 of the federal agencies working on issues related to resistance. While the task force has successfully documented progress on federal antimicrobial resistance-related projects and increased...Read more
June 2010
The States Take Action: Hospital Infection Reporting and Control
Malaria, Antibiotic Resistance

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