
Antimicrobial resistance - World Health Organization (WHO)
Nov 21, 2023 · 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 …
Antimicrobial resistance - World Health Organization (WHO)
Oct 13, 2025 · 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.
World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2025
Nov 24, 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 …
Global antibiotic resistance surveillance report 2025
Oct 13, 2025 · This new WHO report presents a global analysis of antibiotic resistance prevalence and trends, drawing on more than 23 million bacteriologically confirmed cases of bloodstream infections, …
Antimicrobial resistance WPRO - World Health Organization (WHO)
Feb 7, 2024 · Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) happens when microorganisms (such as bacteria, fungi, viruses, and parasites) change when they are exposed to antimicrobial drugs (such as antibiotics, …
WHO publishes the WHO Medically Important Antimicrobials List for …
Feb 8, 2024 · 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, …
Antimicrobial resistance - World Health Organization (WHO)
Sep 19, 2024 · Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) occurs when microorganisms no longer respond to antimicrobial medicines. There are different types of antimicrobials, which work against different …
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 …
Better use of vaccines could reduce antibiotic use by 2.5 billion doses ...
Oct 10, 2024 · A new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) finds that vaccines against 24 pathogens could reduce the number of antibiotics needed by 22% or 2.5 billion defined daily doses …
Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly – Daily update: 27 May 2025
May 27, 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 …