MRC/DBT Workshop UK-India Centre for Advanced Technologies-Minimising the indiscriminate use of Antibiotics (UKICAT–MA) 14th/15th March 2016, Hyderabad, India.

Abstract

On 14/15th March 2016 we held a MRC/DBT funded workshop on the theme of Materials to Combat Antibiotic Resistance. The workshop was part of a continuing series of events that are part of the work of UK-India Centre for Advanced Technologies-Minimising the indiscriminate use of Antibiotics (UKICAT–MA). The following is the collection of presentations and the results of discussions highlighting key themes for future work by this group. Combating antibiotic resistance is perhaps the biggest issue facing the global community in the 21st century and no other area, with the exception perhaps of nuclear conflict, has the capacity to significantly reduce living standards and mortality rates. Key objectives identified by WHO1 in this area among five key aspects, include: Objective 4-to optimize the use of antimicrobial agents Objective 5-new medicines, diagnostic tools, vaccines and other interventions Our aims in this series of workshops are to provide an Indo-UK forum for: discussions of our advances in providing technologies to address these objectives; facilitate the interface between UK and Indian clinicians, materials and biological scientists and to identify key areas for new projects. An important aspect of the work in a global context is that by combining the UK and Indian community and clinical experiences we cover most of the scenarios that the global population might expect to encounter