About 223,000 results
Open links in new tab
  1. 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 …

  2. 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.

  3. 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 …

  4. 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, …

  5. 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, …

  6. 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, …

  7. 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 …

  8. 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 …

  9. 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 …

  10. 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 …