- CDDEP researchers show that low-birth-weight infants experience lower test scores compared with normal birth weight infants. Health policies designed to improve birth weight could improve human capital in resource-poor settings.
- CDDEP researchers reveal maternal immunization against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) would decrease lower respiratory tract infections in young infants and mitigate antimicrobial prescribing.
- CDDEP researchers and other experts in the field predict that the first typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV) could avert 46-74% of typhoid fever cases.
February 23, 2021 – CDDEP releases “Infectious Diseases in the South-East Asia Region” report.
- CDDEP researchers, in collaboration with experts in the field, release “Infectious Diseases in the South-East Asia Region“, highlighting the tremendous burden of avertable infectious diseases in the region.
February 03, 2021 – CDDEP releases “The State of the World’s Antibiotics in 2021” report
- The State of the World’s Antibiotics in 2021 highlights the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance against a backdrop of increasing antibiotic consumption. This report introduces country-level dashboards that capture progress on indicators that track AMR and show what remains to be done to decrease the need for antibiotics and their inappropriate use.
- CDDEP’s Director, Dr. Ramanan Laxminarayan, has been named a Fellow of The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for his distinguished contributions to the field of Economic Epidemiology, with particular reference to the spread and control of Antimicrobial Resistance
- A study led by CDDEP, and a collaboration between a team of researchers from University of California, Berkeley, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Princeton, and the Government of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, investigated disease transmission patterns in 575,071 individuals exposed to 84,965 confirmed cases of COVID-19. The study, based on data collected by tens of thousands of contact tracers in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu is the largest and most comprehensive analysis of COVID-19 epidemiology to date.
July 28, 2020- Increasing global consumption of Watch antibiotics reflects stewardship challenges
- Researchers at CDDEP, Johns Hopkins University, St. George’s University of London, and Washington University School of Medicine analyzed global trends of antibiotic consumption in each WHO AWaRe category over 15 years.
June 10, 2020- Flu vaccine coverage linked to reduced antibiotic prescribing
- Researchers at CDDEP, Johns Hopkins University, and the University of Maryland School of Medicine assessed the impact of influenza vaccination coverage on state-level antibiotic prescribing rates in the United States between 2010 and 2017.
Researchers at Texas A&M University, CDDEP, and Princeton assessed the feasibility of pooled RT-PCR testing to vastly increase testing for Covid-19.
March 10, 2020- Routine childhood vaccination linked to improved schooling among adults in India
- Researchers at CDDEP, Sam Houston State University, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health assessed the effect of routine childhood vaccination on schooling attainment among adults in India.
- In a first, researchers from CDDEP, ETH Zurich, Princeton University, and Université Libre de Bruxelles mapped global trends in antimicrobial resistance rates among food animals in low- and middle-income countries between 2000 and 2018.
- Researchers at CDDEP, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the University of Pennsylvania, RTI International, and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health assessed the long-term associations of measles vaccination and child anthropometry, cognition, and schooling outcomes in Ethiopia, India, and Vietnam.
Researchers at CDDEP, the University of California, Riverside and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health assessed the long-term associations of the Hib vaccine with anthropometric, cognitive, and schooling outcomes among Indian children.
- Using a stock-market type index, CDDEP researchers find large disparities in the effectiveness of antibiotic therapies worldwide.
- Researchers at CDDEP, working with the Task Force on Fiscal Policy for Health co-chaired by Michael Bloomberg and Larry Summers, estimate number of deaths averted and years of life gained from a tax increase on tobacco, alcohol, and sugar sweetened beverages.
April 11, 2019 – Access Barriers to Antibiotics
- CDDEP researchers conducted stakeholder interviews in Uganda, India, and Germany, and literature reviews to identify key access barriers to antibiotics in low-, middle-, and high-income countries. The report makes several recommendations proposing action on antibiotic and diagnostics research and development, strengthening regulatory capacities, encouraging the development and diversification of quality local manufacturing, exploring innovative funding to reduce out-of-pockets payments, raising awareness, and improving clinical treatment guidelines.
- CDDEP and Princeton University researchers demonstrated that a dollar-for-dollar matching subsidy was effective at reducing the number of hospital-acquired infections, in a mathematical modelling study.
- Supplemental nutrition and other health services during the first three years of life led to the completion of 0.1–0.3 more grades of schooling, CDDEP researchers find.
- CDDEP researchers find that the availability of an effective antibiotic that can treat Staphylococcus aureus infections effectively during a pandemic influenza outbreak is worth over $3 billion.
- CDDEP researchers lead development of an evidence-based and globally applicable checklist for antimicrobial stewardship programs.
November 21, 2018 – The efficacy of antibiotic prophylaxis for surgical procedures
- CDDEP study finds that antibiotics have become less effective at preventing surgical site infections after colorectal surgery.
- CDDEP study finds multi- and extensively drug resistant bacterial infections, especially Gram-negative infections, pose a significant risk to patients.
- None of the 25 new antibiotics registered between 1999 and 2015 targeted the most daunting infections caused by Gram-negative bacteria.
- New analysis shows countries with higher corruption and less spending on public health infrastructure have higher rates of antibiotic resistance.
August 6, 2018 – Researchers detail variation in costs of child vaccination program in Indian states
- Accurate and current costs of delivering routine childhood vaccines in India are needed to budget for future growth.
May 31, 2018 – Perception that antibiotics are harmless is widespread
- A study of decision-making about the use of antibiotics in medicine has found that the mistaken belief that antibiotics are harmless is widespread, especially among patients.
May 14, 2018 – Treatment for MRSA no longer more costly than for susceptible Staph aureus infections
- Infections caused by one of the most common drug resistant bacteria in the US, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, are no more expensive to treat than the methicillin-susceptible version of the same bacteria.
May 02, 2018 – Mixed progress on drug resistance in A. baumannii infections in children
- An overall increase from 1999 is balanced by modest improvement since 2008.
July 27, 2017 – Serious MRSA-related infections not declining, despite overall MRSA decline
- As use of growth-promoting antibiotics in animal farming increases worldwide, new CDDEP study warns of potentially disastrous consequences to human health.
June 21, 2017 – Risk perception drives clinician decisions to prescribe antibiotics
- Researchers at CDDEP, Cornell University, and The George Washington University reveal psychology behind why clinicians prescribe antibiotics that may not be needed.
June 6, 2017 – WHO Updates Model List of Essential Medicines
- CDDEP Expert Participates in Review Panel for Antibacterials.
- Increasing antimicrobial resistance trends in both settings indicates continued need to improve infection control and antimicrobial stewardship.
April 12, 2017 – South Asia unprepared to address emerging infectious diseases
- Experts indicate South Asia is unprepared to address emerging, epidemic and spreading endemic pathogens, risking millions of lives and substantial economic potential.
- Improved estimates of tuberculosis incidence are urgently needed to support effective control programs.
- Parents’ education and healthcare access affect diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus (DPT) vaccine uptake among children in India.
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