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Executive Dean: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Agriculture, University of Venda

A computer illustration of bacteria of different shapes. Getty Images

November 18, 2024

Antibiotic resistance threatens to “undo a century of medical progress”: 5 essential reads

Nadine Dreyer, The Conversation

Ten million people could die in 2050 if there are no decisive efforts to contain antibiotic resistance.

Sub-Saharan African countries don’t have enough wastewater treatment plants. John Wessels/AFP via Getty Images

May 24, 2023

Wastewater is a valuable source of information – Africa’s scientists need to use it to find drug‑resistant bacteria

Akebe Luther King Abia, University of KwaZulu-Natal; Afsatou Ndama Traore, University of Venda, and Natasha Potgieter, University of Venda

Wastewater treatment plants receive wastewater from a variety of sources. This makes them useful proxies for determining the burden of antimicrobial resistance in communities.

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