AMR and Covid-19 on the Frontline: A Call to Rethink War, WASH, and Public Health

This Viewpoint calls for a greater understanding of the role that water plays in the transmission of anti-microbial resistance and covid-19 in protracted urban armed conflict, in order to develop a ‘pathogen-safe’ practice. It argues that dealing with the twin threats is difficult enough in the best...

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Autores principales:	Mark Zeitoun, Ghassan Abu-Sittah, Reem Abu Shomar, Nassim el Achi
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Ubiquity Press 2021
Materias:	Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/31591738a8ac41799cd172bd4303f6d6
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:31591738a8ac41799cd172bd4303f6d62021-12-02T18:22:54ZAMR and Covid-19 on the Frontline: A Call to Rethink War, WASH, and Public Health2214-999610.5334/aogh.3140https://doaj.org/article/31591738a8ac41799cd172bd4303f6d62021-02-01T00:00:00Zhttps://annalsofglobalhealth.org/articles/3140https://doaj.org/toc/2214-9996This Viewpoint calls for a greater understanding of the role that water plays in the transmission of anti-microbial resistance and covid-19 in protracted urban armed conflict, in order to develop a ‘pathogen-safe’ practice. It argues that dealing with the twin threats is difficult enough in the best of circumstances, and is so little understood in war zones that surgeons and water engineers now question if their practice does more harm than good. Experience suggests that the known transmission routes are complicated by a great number of factors, including the entry of heavy metals through bullets in patients’ wounds, hospital over-crowding, mutation in treated water or wastewater, and other threats which endure long after the bombing has stopped. The skeleton research agenda proposes greater sewage surveillance, testing of phages and monitoring of treatment designed to dispel or substantiate these assertions.Mark ZeitounGhassan Abu-SittahReem Abu ShomarNassim el AchiUbiquity PressarticleInfectious and parasitic diseasesRC109-216Public aspects of medicineRA1-1270ENAnnals of Global Health, Vol 87, Iss 1 (2021)
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description	This Viewpoint calls for a greater understanding of the role that water plays in the transmission of anti-microbial resistance and covid-19 in protracted urban armed conflict, in order to develop a ‘pathogen-safe’ practice. It argues that dealing with the twin threats is difficult enough in the best of circumstances, and is so little understood in war zones that surgeons and water engineers now question if their practice does more harm than good. Experience suggests that the known transmission routes are complicated by a great number of factors, including the entry of heavy metals through bullets in patients’ wounds, hospital over-crowding, mutation in treated water or wastewater, and other threats which endure long after the bombing has stopped. The skeleton research agenda proposes greater sewage surveillance, testing of phages and monitoring of treatment designed to dispel or substantiate these assertions.
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author	Mark Zeitoun Ghassan Abu-Sittah Reem Abu Shomar Nassim el Achi
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title	AMR and Covid-19 on the Frontline: A Call to Rethink War, WASH, and Public Health
title_short	AMR and Covid-19 on the Frontline: A Call to Rethink War, WASH, and Public Health
title_full	AMR and Covid-19 on the Frontline: A Call to Rethink War, WASH, and Public Health
title_fullStr	AMR and Covid-19 on the Frontline: A Call to Rethink War, WASH, and Public Health
title_full_unstemmed	AMR and Covid-19 on the Frontline: A Call to Rethink War, WASH, and Public Health
title_sort	amr and covid-19 on the frontline: a call to rethink war, wash, and public health
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AMR and Covid-19 on the Frontline: A Call to Rethink War, WASH, and Public Health

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