- 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
- 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
- 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)
- 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
- 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 When the microorganisms become resistant to most antimicrobials they are often referred to as “superbugs” This is a major concern because a resistant infection may kill, can spread to others, and
- 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 - World Health Organization (WHO)
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR), also known as drug 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 When the microorganisms become resistant to most antimicrobials they are often referred to as “superbugs”
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