Infectious diseases, epidemiology, and social networks at the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, NUS
Dr Mishal Khan is Assistant Professor at the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Her research focuses on gender inequalities in health, health systems strengthening and tuberculosis control. In this blog post, she tells us about some of the less familiar places to get antibiotics around…
Hsu Li Yang is Associate Professor at the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore, where he leads the Antimicrobial Resistance Programme. In the first of a series of blog posts for World Antibiotic Awareness Week, he talks about the progress and challenges of controlling MRSA in Singaporean hospitals. I was…
The WHO’s Global Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance, has specific recommendations to educate the public about antimicrobial resistance and to introduce this issue into the educational curriculum. As part of the second World Antibiotic Awareness Week (November 14-18, 2016), we organized a two-day event at Jurong Regional Library over the weekend to teach children about…
In anticipation of World Antibiotic Awareness Week (November 14-18), we will be running a series of activities at Jurong Regional Library to teach children about bacteria, antibiotics and antibiotic resistance. Come join us at the library on Saturday Nov 12th and Sunday Nov 13th between 10am and 4pm!
When we think of the discovery of antibiotics, we commonly think of Sir Alexander Fleming’s discovery of penicillin in 1928. The first time it was used for medical treatment was years later in the 1940s, after which it changed the face of modern medicine. The period between then 1940s and 1960s is often referred to…
The first World Antibiotic Awareness Week takes place between November 16th and 22nd. To mark the occasion, we have designed two posters. The first is adapted from a poster that is currently being used in the UK’s Antibiotic Guardian campaign. We liked the simple design and bold colours, but wanted to add some key messages for…
While on a trip to Hong Kong, I’ve been reading A Cartoon Introduction to Economics, Volume 1: Microeconomics, by Grady Klein and Yoram Bauman. Economics permeates many areas of public health, even for those of us who are not economists. Cost effectiveness analysis, which focuses on whether the gain achieved by introducing a new drug,…