Antimicrobial resistance - World Health Organization (WHO)
2023年11月21日 · Antimicrobial stewardship is a systematic approach to educate and support health care professionals to follow evidence-based guidelines for prescribing and administering antimicrobials. The education of the health workforce is of crucial importance, as they form the front line in safeguarding the effectiveness of antimicrobial medicines.
Antimicrobial resistance - World Health Organization (WHO)
2024年11月20日 · Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) threatens the effective prevention and treatment of an ever-increasing range of infections caused by bacteria, parasites, viruses and fungi. AMR occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites change over time and no longer respond to medicines making infections harder to treat and increasing the risk of ...
Antimicrobial resistance - World Health Organization (WHO)
2017年7月27日 · Antimicrobial resistance is the broader term for resistance in different types of microorganisms and encompasses resistance to antibacterial, antiviral, antiparasitic and antifungal drugs. Antimicrobial resistance occurs naturally but is facilitated by the inappropriate use of medicines, for example using antibiotics for viral infections such ...
WHO publishes the WHO Medically Important Antimicrobials List …
2024年8月2日 · The WHO list of medically important antimicrobials for human medicine (WHO MIA List) is a risk management tool that can be used to support decision-making to minimize the impact of antimicrobial use in non-human sectors on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in humans. The WHO MIA List is created to guide international, national, and subnational ...
Antimicrobial resistance - World Health Organization (WHO)
2024年9月19日 · Antimicrobial resistance refers to microorganisms no longer responding to antimicrobial medicine such as antibiotics. This is a natural phenomenon that occurs over time through genetic changes in the microorganisms. AMR is strongly accelerated by inappropriate use of antimicrobial medicine.
Optimizing use of antimicrobial medicines - World Health …
Overuse and misuse of antimicrobials are main drivers of antimicrobial resistance. Since antimicrobials are a precious resource, it is essential that they are only prescribed by qualified healthcare professionals for patients with a confirmed need. For all those patients, high-quality antimicrobials need to be accessible at any time to guarantee an appropriate clinical …
Antimicrobial resistance in Viet Nam - World Health Organization …
2024年11月22日 · Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is the ability of microorganisms, such as bacteria, viruses, fungi or parasites to grow in the presence of a drug that would normally kill them or limit their growth. As a result, normal treatments become ineffective.
WHO reports widespread overuse of antibiotics in patients …
2024年4月26日 · However, when they are unnecessary, they offer no benefit while posing risks, and their use contributes to the emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance,” said Dr Silvia Bertagnolio, WHO Unit Head for Surveillance, Evidence and …
Donors making a difference: combating antimicrobial resistance
2024年11月22日 · As the World Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) Awareness Week is underway, we present the progress to date with a summary of key developments since 2015, snapshots of country success stories that exemplify how critical the role of partners and donors is. We also look ahead to the way forward, based on the commitments agreed during 2024 - a ...
Antimicrobial Resistance, Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae
2024年7月31日 · In early 2024, the Global Antimicrobial Resistance and Surveillance System on Emerging Antimicrobial Resistance Reporting (GLASS-EAR) issued a request for information to assess the current global situation given the increased identification of isolates of hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (hvKp) sequence type (ST) 23 carrying resistant genes to the …