Antimicrobial resistance - World Health Organization (WHO) Antimicrobial resistance occurs when microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites change in ways that render the medications used to cure the infections they cause ineffective
Our Work | Antimicrobial resistance - World Health Organization (WHO) WHO coordinates a global system for the surveillance of antimicrobial use and resistance trends WHO works with countries and partners to build the surveillance and laboratory capacity of countries to gather data that can be analysed and compared to build a global and regional picture and enable countries to make informed policy choices on antimicrobial use, based on sound data and evidence
WHO publishes the WHO Medically Important Antimicrobials List for Human Medicine - World Health Organization (WHO) The responsible and prudent use of antimicrobials needs to be improved in all sectors - human, animal, plant crop, and environment - to preserve their public health benefits In particular, antimicrobials that are medically important for human medicine need to be preserved by reducing their use in the non-human sectors The WHO list of medically important antimicrobials for human medicine (WHO