SIWI

Reducing Emissions from Antibiotic Production

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Sep 2017 - Mar 2020

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100%

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Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has recently been described as the biggest global health threat. This type of resistance has increased drastically in recent years and kills an estimated 700,000 people annually around the world. Resistance to antimicrobials has its genesis in unrestricted and untraced use of antibiotics in human, animal and agricultural contexts and critically, from uncontrolled effluents from pharmaceutical manufacturing.

Stockholm International Water Institute, SIWI, will develop methods to reduce the emissions from pharmaceutical manufacturing. The project will seek, at first, to engage pharmaceutical manufacturers in Hyderabad, India, to form a network of actors who will take part in a pilot study to improve their processes and thereby reduce emissions. And eventually, document the findings and use the results to scale up the methodology.

Vad ska hända i projektet

Framtagande av metoder för att minska utsläpp från läkemedelstillverkning.

Därför fick projektet stöd

Projektet bidrar till att minska antibiotikaresistensen genom att ta fram metoder för att minska utsläpp från läkemedelstillverkning.

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