AMR is a public health concern we must resolve together | Dr. Somdatta Karak | TEDxJNTU Hyderabad

Описание: Antibiotics kill bacteria. Once a miracle drug, they are not working as effectively anymore. That has happened because our own actions have helped bacteria evolve against the action of these drugs. Bacteria have changed such that they can prevent the antibiotic entering their cells or throw out the antibiotic molecules from its cell or even destroy these molecules. This is called antimicrobial resistance or AMR. Greater amount of antibiotics around the bacteria leads to faster AMR. This talk will help us think about using the precious antibiotic drugs judiciously. Our public health will crumble without antibiotics. But it is also time for all of us to identify where antibiotics are misused and overused and prevent those. Every citizen has a role to play in it. Somdatta Karak is a neuroscientist turned science communicator. She works to make science understandable and accessible to a wide variety of people so that we understand the workings of nature and build a society based on evidence. As a co-lead of the Superheroes against Superbugs initiative, she encourages the young people of India to think of newer healthcare solutions that are necessary in the wake of antimicrobial resistance, a global health crisis.
She has studied in the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research and University of Goettingen. She is an ex-Teach for India fellow. Her writings have appeared in The Hindu, The Indian Express, Mongabay, The Wire and The India Forum. She is the editor of a popular science website called SciTales by CCMB, and co-founded an initiative called SciCity Hyderabad, which takes science to public forums in the city. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx