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ReviewFrontiers in public health2025

Leveraging disease outbreak news to strengthen the global response to antimicrobial resistance: a call for action.

Reuben Kiggundu, J P Waswa, Herman Mwanja, Mackline Hope, Andrew Kambugu, Francis Kakooza, Dathan M Byonanebye

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Review in Frontiers in public health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Antibacterial Activity of Guttation Droplets fromJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Reuben KiggunduInfectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
J P WaswaInfectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
Herman MwanjaInfectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
Mackline HopeInfectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
Andrew KambuguInfectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
Francis KakoozaInfectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
Dathan M ByonanebyeInfectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an escalating global health threat, with low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) bearing the greatest burden as healthcare facilities become breeding grounds for resistant pathogens, leading to increased morbidity, mortality, and straining of already limited resources. The World Health Organization's Disease Outbreak News (DONs) has proven invaluable for early warnings and coordinated responses to infectious disease outbreaks like Ebola and COVID-19, yet AMR events remain largely absent from this system, leading to under-detection, limited global visibility, and ineffective interventions. In this paper, we review the historical evolution of DONs, its supporting frameworks, and the dynamics of AMR outbreaks in LMIC healthcare settings to explore how DONs could be adapted for AMR. We recommend standardizing AMR outbreaks reporting, integrating DONs into response efforts, linking AMR surveillance to DONs workflows, and expanding the definition of Public Health Emergencies of International Concern (PHEIC) to include high-morbidity AMR events, steps that would elevate AMR from a "silent pandemic" to a visible priority.

Indexed as

Disease OutbreaksDrug Resistance, MicrobialGlobal HealthCOVID-19HumansPublic HealthWorld Health Organizationantimicrobial resistancedisease outbreak newsoutbreakpublic health emergencysurveillance

Identifiers

PMID41573792
PMCPMC12819668

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