- Antimicrobial resistance - World Health Organization (WHO)
Antimicrobial Resistance (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 disease spread, severe illness and death
- Antimicrobial resistance - World Health Organization (WHO)
Antimicrobial resistance Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) threatens the effective prevention and treatment of an ever-increasing range of infections caused by bacteria, parasites, viruses and fungi
- Antimicrobial resistance - World Health Organization (WHO)
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) occurs when microorganisms no longer respond to antimicrobial medicines There are different types of antimicrobials, which work against different types of microorganisms, such as antibacterials or antibiotics against bacteria, antivirals against viruses, antiparasitics against parasites, and antifungals against
- WHO publishes the WHO Medically Important Antimicrobials List for Human . . .
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
- Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly – Daily update: 27 May 2025
The Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly approved a decision to update the Global action plan (GAP) on antimicrobial resistance (AMR), for discussion at next year’s World Health Assembly (WHA79) in 2026
- Antimicrobial resistance WPRO - World Health Organization (WHO)
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) happens when microorganisms (such as bacteria, fungi, viruses, and parasites) change when they are exposed to antimicrobial drugs (such as antibiotics, antifungals, antivirals, antimalarials, and anthelmintics)
- Our Work | Antimicrobial resistance
Antimicrobial resistance is being driven by the inappropriate use of antimicrobials in human and animal health, in food production systems, and through environmental contamination WHO supports the discussion around antimicrobial resistance at the highest political levels including at the United Nations General Assembly
- World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2025
Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites no longer respond to antimicrobial agents As a result of drug resistance, antibiotics and other antimicrobial agents become ineffective and infections become difficult or impossible to treat, increasing the risk of disease spread, severe illness and death The World AMR Awareness Week (WAAW) is a global campaign
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