| UK aid cuts: nobody seems to care 08:44 - Jul 20 with 404 views | DJR |
https://observer.co.uk/news/science-technology/article/uk-body-tackling-antimicr
The government is scrapping a programme that helps tackle antimicrobial resistance in the developing world because of cuts to the aid budget.
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is seen as one of the top global public health and development threats, with the World Health Organization estimating that bacterial AMR was directly responsible for 1.27 million global deaths in 2019. Branded a “silent pandemic” by the United Nations, experts have repeatedly warned that the threat posed by AMR transcends borders.
The £265m Fleming Fund supports the surveillance of AMR in 25 countries across Africa and Asia. However, it emerged last week that the fund has been quietly shelved. |  | | |  |
| UK aid cuts: nobody seems to care on 09:37 - Jul 20 with 281 views | Plums |
Charity begins at home - or some other trite nonsense.
The pandering to the hard of thinking is going to hit us (or future generations) incredibly hard. It will also cost huge loss of life at home and abroad - but over time so largely invisible.
See also the scrapping of USAID and the loss of significant health warning systems across the world.
The simpletons in charge of things they don't understand unfortunately aren't the ones who will bear the brunt. [Post edited 20 Jul 10:35]
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| UK aid cuts: nobody seems to care on 13:11 - Jul 20 with 154 views | J2BLUE |
There seems to be a real lack of feasibility studies in the government. What is the point in saving £1 if you then have related costs go up by £1.20? So much is so short sighted. They know the price of everything and the value of nothing. That goes both ways as well whether it's cutting costs which are then passed on to other government departments or ruling out things like a four day week despite the fact it would likely boost productivity and reduce strain on the NHS and mental health services. |  |
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| UK aid cuts: nobody seems to care on 13:35 - Jul 20 with 94 views | Plums |
| UK aid cuts: nobody seems to care on 13:11 - Jul 20 by J2BLUE |
There seems to be a real lack of feasibility studies in the government. What is the point in saving £1 if you then have related costs go up by £1.20? So much is so short sighted. They know the price of everything and the value of nothing. That goes both ways as well whether it's cutting costs which are then passed on to other government departments or ruling out things like a four day week despite the fact it would likely boost productivity and reduce strain on the NHS and mental health services. |
You're spot on. I was talking at length last week with someone who is currently at threat of redundancy from the NHS England abolition. Their role is working with local charities to support them in helping people get active and stay active as a long term means of improving health and reducing the burden on the NHS.
It's bonkers that those jobs are going. In the way many fire services have pivoted to fire prevention as a means of reducing demand, we really need some joined up thinking across so many services. | |
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