HEALTHY LYF: WATSONS, UNILAB support efforts of PSMID to halt spread of superbugs












WATSONS PHARMACY and pharmaceutical manufacturer UNILAB supporting the 33rd Annual Convention of the Philippine Society of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (PSMID), which has the theme “Infectious Disease Apocalypse: Seamless Take Over” on on November 23 – 25, 2011. 

The convention focuses on the threat of infectious superbugs and how this can be stopped. “Superbugs” are antibiotic-resistant bacteria that pose a deadly threat to humanity. 

HEALTHY LYF: Be Prepared for the SUPERBUG!

The Wet Season is here again and this means the start of the sickness season. With typhoons now entering the country more often, the spread of diseases are also on the rise. One of them is the deadly antibiotic-resistant bacteria better known as the “superbug”. These bacteria is like a superhero that is resistant even with mankind’s most powerful class of antibiotics, the carbapenems, is ineffective against them and they have the potential to cause fatal illnesses. Philippine health authorities warn us that the country is at risk of superbug infection.