First Global Patient Safety Challenge Clean Care is Safer Care
The WHO Guidelines on Hand Hygiene in Health Care provide health-care workers (HCWs), hospital administrators and health authorities with a thorough review of evidence on hand hygiene in health care and specific recommendations to impro...ve practices and reduce transmission of pathogenic microorganisms to patients and HCWs. The present Guidelines are intended to be implemented in any situation in which health care is delivered either to a patient or to a specific group in a population. Therefore, this concept applies to all settings where health care is permanently or occasionally performed, such as home care by birth attendants.
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Antibiotics use with care
Ce guide de production locale des solutions hydro-alcooliques selon les formulations recommandées par l’OMS se compose de deux parties étroitement liées
Les infections associées aux soins (IAS) touchent des centaines de millions de patients dans le monde chaque année. Ces infections sont à l’origine de pathologies graves, de prolongements de la durée du séjour en établissement de soins, d’invalidités à long terme, de coûts personnels im...portants pour les patients et leurs familles, de charges financières supplémentaires élevées pour les systèmes de santé, et pire encore, de la perte tragique de la vie.
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In the kingdom of Bahrain, the national antibiotic committee will set the framework for the national response to AMR, especially bacterial resistance to antibiotics. It will be aligned with the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Global Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance, and with standards and... guidelines from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).
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Following the high-level meeting of the UN General Assembly on antimicrobial resistance held in September 2016 which called for national, regional and international political commitment to address the issue, member countries agreed on the importance of moving forward to develop national action plans... by May 2017.
Iraq; represented by the Ministry of Health (MOH) and Ministry of Agriculture (MOA); responded by developing a comprehensive plan to control AMR by analysing the current situation of health, veterinary and environment and determining the strategic priorities for Iraq, which are in accordance with the WHO Global Action Plan objectives
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Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has become a global public health concern and Lebanon is of no exception to this issue. The spread of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria is considered an alarming public health threat, with a potential extent similar to global warming and other social and environmental t...hreats.
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The Libyan national action plan has been aligned with WHO five objectives. Analysis of the current situation and addressing the gaps and the needs to reach the main goal “one health” approach involves several national sectors and actors, including human and veterinary health, agriculture and foo...d and drug control center and environmental agencies. Therefore, a large committee of all stakeholders was formed with four technical subcommittees were established to addresses every aspect to contain antimicrobial resistance in the country.
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The purpose of this document is to present and promote the minimum requirements for IPC programmes at the national and health care facility level, identified by expert consensus according to available evidence and in the context of the WHO core components.
The minimum requirements are defined as: I...PC standards that should be in place at the national and facility level to provide minimum protection and safety to patients, HCWs and visitors, based on the WHO core components for IPC programmes.
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An Action Framework and annexe to Immunization Agenda 2030 (Draft version)
27 January 2021
Surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in Europe 2020 data: executive summary
This document outlines the FAO Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance 2021–2025 which serves as a roadmap for focusing global efforts to address AMR in the food and agriculture sectors. The aim of this plan is to help accelerate progress in developing and implementing multi-sectoral National Acti...on Plans to tackle AMR by calling attention to strategic priorities and areas of expertise for FAO support.
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تلخِّص هذه الوثيقة خطة عمل منظمة الأغذية والزراعة بشأن مقاومة مضادات الميكروبات للفترة 2021-2025، والتي تمثِّل خريطة طريقٍ من أجل تركيز الجهود العالمية على التصدِّي لم...قاوَمة مضادات الميكروبات في القطاعات الغذائية والزراعية. وتتوخى هذه الخطة المساعدة في تسريع التقدُّم المُحرز في وضع وتنفيذ خطط عمل وطنية متعددة القطاعات معنيّة بمعالجة مقاوَمة مضادات الميكروبات، وذلك عبر لفتِ الانتباه إلى الأولويات الاستراتيجية ومجالات الخبرة للدعم الذي تقدّمه منظمة الأغذية والزراعة.
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Ce document présente le Plan d’action de la FAO contre la résistance aux antimicrobiens 2021-2025, qui encadre les activités d’endiguement dans les secteurs de l’alimentation et de l’agriculture à l’échelle mondiale. À travers cette initiative, l’Organisation des Nations Unies pour... l’alimentation et l’agriculture (FAO) souhaite accélérer l'élaboration et la mise en application des plans d’action nationaux de lutte contre la résistance aux antimicrobiens en mettant l’accent sur les priorités stratégiques et les domaines d’expertise pouvant bénéficier de son soutien.
Disponible en: Arabe, Russe, Anglais, Espagnol, Chinois
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The Strategy to respond to antimalarial drug resistance in Africa is a technical and advocacy document, grounded in the best available evidence to date and aimed at minimizing the threat and impact of antimalarial drug resistance of Plasmodium falciparum parasites in Africa. Its objectives are to: i...) improve the detection of resistance to ensure a timely response; ii) delay the emergence of resistance to artemisinin and artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) partner drugs; and iii) limit the selection and spread of resistant parasites where resistance has been confirmed.
WHO Team
Global Malaria Programme
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World Health Organization
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87
Reference numbers
ISBN: 978 92 4 006026 5
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Microbes like bacteria, fungus and viruses are becoming resistant to medicines like antibiotics. WHO has declared antimicrobial resistance as a global health and developmental threat. How can we stop antimicrobial resistance? Dr Hanan Balkhy explains in Science in 5
The WHO Global Antimicrobial Resistance and Use Surveillance System (GLASS) was launched in 2015 to foster AMR surveillance and inform strategies to contain AMR. The system started with surveillance of AMR in bacteria causing common human infections and has expanded its scope to include surveillance... of antimicrobial consumption (AMC), invasive fungal infections, and a One Health surveillance model relevant to human health. To meet future challenges, it is in continuous evolution to enhance the quality and representativeness of data to inform the AMR burden accurately. As of the end of 2022, 127 countries, territories and areas participate in GLASS.
The fifth GLASS report, produced in collaboration with Member States, summarizes 2020 data on AMR rates in common bacteria from countries, territories, and areas. The report brings new features, including analyses of population testing coverage or AMR trends. For the first time, the report presents 2020 data on AMC at the national level. A new interactive dashboard allow users to explore AMR and AMC global data, country profiles and download the data.
This report marks the end of the early implementation phase of GLASS. In addition to presenting data collected through the latest data call, this report provides a summary of five years of national AMR surveillance data contributed to GLASS from its initiation, presents AMR findings in the context of progress of country participation in GLASS and in global AMR surveillance coverage and laboratory quality assurance systems at (sub)national level.
Patterns of antimicrobial consumption are presented by country with a particular focus on antibacterials. The report also presents the antimicrobial consumption according to the WHO AWaRe antibiotic classification, for penicillins and cephalosporines. From a One Health perspective, the report presents antimicrobial consumption data in the human sector expressed in tons to allow a comparison with antimicrobial consumption from other sectors (not included in this report).
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Indian markets caused a stir across the country.1
According to the Centre for Science and the Environment (CSE), a respected New Delhi-based NGO, most honey brands
sold in India contained varying amounts of antibiotics. Their consumption over time could induce resistance to antibiotics,
putting p...eople at risk of treatment failure in case of severe infections.
For the study, 12 samples were picked in Delhi, all well-known brands, including one each from Australia and Switzerland.
Antibiotics found included Chloramphenicol and various broad-spectrum drugs such as Ciprofloxacin and Erythromycin.
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Ce rapport présente une analyse de l'OMS sur les pénuries et le manque de disponibilité des antibiotiques hors brevet en France prenant en compte l'approche Une seule santé. Le rapport est organisé en deux sections : santé animale et santé humaine.
Le rapport vise à donner un éclairage sur... les facteurs qui conduisent aux pénuries et au manque de disponibilité des antibiotiques en France. Sur la base de l'analyse effectuée et des causes profondes décrites, des contre-mesures possibles ont été identifiées dans les secteurs humain et vétérinaire. Ces contre-mesures sont destinées à être priorisées et mises en œuvre par les autorités françaises avec le soutien de l'OMS.
Ce rapport reflète la phase initiale d'un projet d’une durée de 3 ans. Il est financé par l'Union européenne et il est mis en œuvre en collaboration avec la Direction générale d'appui à la réforme structurelle (DG REFORM) de la Commission européenne à la demande du gouvernement français à travers le programme d'appui à la réforme structurelle (PARS).
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• تشكّل مقاومة مضادات الميكروبات تهديداً عالمياً للصحة والتنمية، وهي تستدعي اتخاذ إجراءات عاجلة متعددة القطاعات بشأنها من أجل تحقيق أهداف التنمية المستدامة.
أعلن...ت المنظمة أن مقاومة مضادات الميكروبات من التهديدات العالمية العشرة الرئيسية للصحة العامة التي تواجه البشرية.
تعدّ إساءة استعمال مضادات الميكروبات والإفراط في استعمالها المحركان الرئيسيان لظهور المُمرضات المقاومة للأدوية.
يؤدي نقص المياه النظيفة وخدمات الإصحاح وقصور الوقاية من عدوى الأمراض ومكافحتها إلى تعزيز انتشار الميكروبات التي يمكن لبعضها أن يقاوم العلاج بمضادات الميكروبات.
يترتب على مقاومة مضادات الميكروبات تكاليف طائلة. وإضافة إلى ما تخلفه الاعتلالات الممتدة لأجل طويل من وفيات وإعاقات، فإنها تسفر عن إطالة أمد رقود المرضى في المستشفيات وحاجتهم إلى أدوية أغلى ومواجهتهم لتحديات مالية.
من شأن نجاح الطب الحديث في حالات العدوى، بوسائل منها العمليات الجراحية الكبرى والعلاج الكيميائي للسرطان، أن يتعرض لمخاطر متزايدة من دون استعمال مضادات ميكروبات ناجعة.
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