Wastewater-based epidemiology can play a vital role in pandemic preparedness
UFS team undertakes research to test the presence of ammonium compounds used in sanitisers in the ecosystem, which lead to resistant micro-organisms in water systems
Environmental waste, especially pharmaceuticals and toxins, needs high-level action to stop its major contribution to antimicrobial resistance
Germs are outsmarting medicine faster than South Africa’s overburdened facilities can keep up with them