This commentary examines how specific sustainable development goals (SDGs) are
affected by antimicrobial resistance and suggests how the issue can be better integrated into …

Resistance to antimicrobial therapies reduces the effectiveness of these drugs, leading to
increased morbidity, mortality, and health care expenditure. Because globalization …

Antibiotic resistance is an ecosystem problem threatening the interrelated human-animal-
environment health under the “One Health” framework. Resistant bacteria arising in one …

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a “silent pandemic” that threatens the efficacy of antibiotics
and other antimicrobials. It is imperative to take into account the ethical implications of how …

Forty years ago, the Declaration of Alma-Ata enshrined primary health care as the basic
approach to addressing health needs (1). The social, economic and demographic context of …

The reduction in infectious disease morbidity and mortality may be attributed to a variety of
factors; however, improved sanitation and public health, and the introduction of vaccines …

To limit the catastrophic effects of the increasing bacterial resistance to antimicrobials on
health, food, environmental, and geopolitical security, and ensure that no country or region …

The rising importance of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) to the global health agenda is
associated with a growing number of parties voicing their concern about the issue. With …

Current use, misuse, and overuse of antibiotics raise dangers and ethical dilemmas that
cannot be solved in isolation, exclusively within a health system building block or even …

WHO Global Strategy for Containment of Antimicrobial Resistance Page 1 WHO/CDS/CSR/DRS/2001.2
DISTR: GENERAL ORIGINAL: ENGLISH WHO Global Strategy for Containment of …