Strategies to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance

Novel Strategies to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance

Infectious diseases form the major health-care burden for the developing world and antimicrobials prove to be the magical drugs to combat this. The discovery of antimicrobial agents was boon for the global health-care system and the wonderful cure by antimicrobials shifted the disease trends from infectious to life-style diseases in the developed world. Sudden appearance of the antimicrobial re...

Strategies to Combat Antibiotic Resistance

Prescribing and guidelines: both must improve to combat antimicrobial resistance.

Most human exposure occurs through antimicrobial prescription in the community, the most common reason for which is presumed respiratory infection. Human exposure varies widely between European countries, with the same patient being, on average, four times more likely to receive an antibiotic in France compared to the Netherlands [1]; a difference that cannot be explained by the scientific evid...

National action plan to combat antimicrobial resistance in Taiwan.

Antibiotic-resistant microorganisms continue to emerge and spread. Antimicrobial resistance is one of the three major challenges in patient safety. In 2011, the World Health Organization designated “Combat antimicrobial resistance” as the theme for World Health Day, stating “no action today, no cure tomorrow.” We need to actively confront the issue of antimicrobial resistance. Antimicrobial res...

The WHO policy package to combat antimicrobial resistance.