The Guardian View On Antibiotic Resistance: Walk Slowly Carry A Big Stick

In an article entitled The Guardian View on Antibiotic Resistance: Walk Slowly, Carry a Big Stick, published on 22 May 2016, by the Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies, the author arrived the conclusion that if all parts in societies together take an action on this issue, an incident of antibiotic resistance is then able be overcome. The article describes about the Longitude Prize which provides fund to help the global problems of antibiotic resistance which occurs when bacterial growth cannot be controlled or killed effectively by an antibiotic. Even antibiotics may be affordably prescribed and widely used in animal farms, theses somehow cause many controversies because of misusing medications and scientific knowledge.

A recent government report (Department of Health, 2012) clearly states that the UK government provided 500,000 Pounds conducting the further research on ESBLs which are an enzyme that make bacteria resistant to antibiotic. It is required since the current knowledge is not sufficient for potentially effective treatment of microbial infection. Michael et al.(2013) have conducted a research for a 14 year-period from 1997 to 2010 in the UK arriving the conclusion that even a mean annual funding has been increased over the observed period, the research on antibiotic resistance-related-topic sometimes has fallen into a state of neglect. It is suggested that funding for research should be raised into wide varieties of departments such as epidemiology, behaviour and economic researches(Michael et al., 2013). Furthermore, the section of Antimicrobial Resistance – A Cross Council Initiative evidently points out that it requires interdisciplinary approach as a range of funders, including public sector organisations, charities and industry should be involved.(Medical Research Council [MRC], n.d.). Given this information, concurrently, not only the public sectors but also private organisations particularly pharmaceutical pharmacies urgently need to devote more resources to the

The government service (Ministry of Health and Quality of Life, 2016) explains that there are many factors cause the increased antibiotic resistance but the considerable cause is the overall use of antibiotic consumption. According to previous research, Carl and Lars(2014) have conducted a study for 4 years focusing on macrolide resistant Streptococcus pyogenes. They elucidate the fact that a reduction of antibiotic(macrolide) consumptions is able to decrease the resistance as, according to the figures, the incidence reduced from rom 9.2% in 1997 to 7.4% in 2000. Moreover, the second paragraph of the scope of the problem clearly states that “Where antibiotics can be bought for human or animal use without a prescription, the emergence and spread of resistance is made worse. Similarly, in countries without standard treatment guidelines, antibiotics are often over-prescribed by health workers and veterinarians and over-used by the public.”(World Health Organization [WHO], 2017). Again it is widely accepted that the major cause of the resistance come from overusing antibiotics and often in the wrong contexts but the argumentation the author provided is lack of supported