Dear All,I wrote in the 1 Dec 2024 newsletter about the excellent paper by Baraldi et al. that introduced us to the 6 possible meaning of "lack of access." Since that newsletter, a bit of back-and-forth has produced a UNSLAP as a pronounceable acronym for the 6 meanings: (U)nregistered, (N)ever registered (or, not registered), (S)hort-term shortage, (L)ong-term shortage, (A)ffordability, and (P)hysical Presence of a Health Care Pfacility. And now on the subject of (mostly) the idea of Short-term shortages, we have a joint WHO-GARDP report entitled "Policy and regulatory interventions to address antibiotic shortages in low and middle-income countries." Here are the links you need:The website for the report and the report itselfA press release about the reportThe joint WHO-GARDP SECURE project that seeks to expand access to essential antibiotics: https://www.secureantibiotics.org/aboutNoting the focus of the report on shortages in LMICs (Low- and Middle-Income Countries), I was struck by one of the opening comments in the paper:"Antibiotic shortages in LMIC are often viewed as less urgent than in HIC, and only a few of the opinion leaders in LMIC who were interviewed recognized them as a major concern."This is due to gaps in available treatment being masked by a general higher frequency of stock-outs,...