Cholera is an acute diarrhoeal disease caused by the ingestion of food or water contaminated with the bacterium V.
cholerae. It has a short incubation period of a few hours to 5 days. It is endemic in some countries, frequently
showing seasonal variations in the number of reported cases. Cholera a...lso has the potential to cause explosive
outbreaks which may be localized or may expand to large geographic areas
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Esta es la primera de la serie de Guías de Aprendizaje sobre la lepra publicadas por ILEP. Va dirigida a todo el personal sanitario que trata a personas afectadas de
lepra, especialmente a los que reciben a los pacientes remitidos por primera vez por otros profesionales, como en un Centro de Salud... Primario. Las personas de
las que se sospecha que padecen lepra tienen que ser examinadas aquí detenidamente para que el diagnóstico pueda ser confirmado o rechazado. Por lo tanto, esta Guía ofrece información más detallada que la Guía para la Eliminación de la Lepra como Problema de Salud Pública de la OMS, que va dirigida principalmente al personal sanitario más periférico.
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Antibiotic Stewardship (AS) is a coordinated program that promotes the appropriate use of antimicrobials to improve patient outcomes, reduce microbial resistance, and decrease the spread of multi-drug resistant organisms. In clinical settings, stewardship activities focus on measuring and improving ...how antibiotics are prescribed by clinicians and used by patients. Improving antibiotic prescribing involves implementing effective strategies to modify prescribing practices to align them with evidence-based recommendations for diagnosis and management.
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La lista OMS de AIC categoriza la totalidad de los antimicrobianos utilizados en el ser humano en tres grupos en función de su importancia para la medicina humana. Por el momento se limita a los fármacos antibacterianos, muchos de los cuales también se utilizan en la medicina v...eterinaria.El objetivo de la lista es contribuir a gestionar la resistencia a los antimicrobianos y garantizar que todos los antimicrobianos, sobre todo los de importancia crítica, se utilicen de forma prudente en la medicina tanto humana como veterinaria.
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En mayo de 2015, la 68.a Asamblea Mundial de la Salud reconoció la importancia del problema de salud pública que supone la resistencia a los antimicrobianos (RAM) y adoptó un Plan de acción mundial sobre la resistencia a los antimicrobianos (en adelante, el ‘Plan de ...acción mundial’) que propone intervenciones para controlar dicha resistencia, y en particular para reducir el uso innecesario de antimicrobianos en el ser humano y los animales
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App - Learn how to handle antibiotics with care & help us stop antibiotic resistance
póster - disponible en diferentes idiomas
The aim of this new short course is to increase your general understanding of antibiotic resistance and help you understand how it affects different people, including you.
PlosOne January 20, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0241899
Antibiotic fixed dose combinations (FDCs) can have clinical advantages such as improving effectiveness and adherence to therapy. However, high use of potentially inappropriate FDCs has been reported, with implications for antim...icrobial resistance (AMR) and toxicity.
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An Action Framework and annexe to Immunization Agenda 2030 (Draft version)
27 January 2021
A Global Analysis of Antimicrobial Resistance and Its Drivers.
Since the first State of the World’s Antibiotics report in 2015, antimicrobial resistance has leveled off in some high-income countries but continues to rise in many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where access to antibiotic...s has risen with increases in gross domestic product per capita. Per capita antibiotic consumption in LMICs is lower than in high-income countries, despite a higher infectious disease burden; however, consumption rates are rapidly converging. These trends reflect both better access to antibiotics for those who need them and increases in inappropriate antibiotic use.
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Antibiotics are among the most frequently prescribed classes of drugs and it is estimated that approximately 50% of antibiotic use, in both the outpatient and inpatient settings, is inappropriate. At the same time, in contrast to any other class of drugs, every antibiotic use has a potential public ...health consequence – inappropriate use may not harm only the individual patient, but contributes to societal harm by exerting an unnecessary selective pressure that may lead to antibiotic resistance among bacteria. This video based course will introduce learners to the basic principles of appropriate antibiotic use, demonstrate how to apply these principles to the management of common infections, and outline how to develop and maintain an antimicrobial stewardship program. We will offer a number of illustrative cases, recognizable to the practicing physician in his or her practice to engage learners in the thought processes that lead to optimal decision making, improved outcomes of individual patients, and harm reduction vis-a-vis the bacterial ecology.
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Technical guidelines for the comprehensive care of patients with COVID-19 ; second version
Objective: To review the effectiveness of antibiotic stewardship interventions in hospitals in low- and middle-income countries.
Antibiotics 2022, 11(3), 329; https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics11030329.
The authors found that the most-represented antibiotics on the Rwandan market were amoxicillin, co-trimoxazole and cloxacillin. No counterfeit antibiotics were found in this study. However, substandard batches with moderate ...deviations were found, suggesting that regular quality control of antibiotics is needed in Rwanda.
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A view of global supply chains, pressure points, and implications for antimicrobial resistance response
Minimizing risk of developing antibiotic resistance and aquatic ecotoxicity in the environment resulting from the manufacturing of human antibiotic.
The Standard, facilitated by BSI Standards Limited (BSI), provides clear guidance to manufacturers in the global antibiotic supply chain to ensure t...hat their antibiotics are made responsibly, helping to minimize the risk of AMR in the environment.
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This is the first edition of Empiric Antibiotic Guidelines, as a guidance to all medical practitioners at North Okklapa General & Teaching Hospital.
Antibiotics are critical in the management of infection and can have a significant impact in reducing morbidity and mortality. Emerging antimicrobia...l resistance has been identified as global challenge by the World Health Organization. Careful use of antibiotics targeted to likely pathogens is an important strategy in combating development of antimicrobial resistance.
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La publicación que aquí presentamos busca mostrar los resultados de la iniciativa SAIDI en los países intervenidos, para ello se entrega un perfil que muestra el panorama de la situación de la resistencia antimicrobiana, pre y post iniciativa, así como información clave de los actores que trab...ajan en el tema. Está dirigida al personal técnico y a los tomadores de decisiones, que abordan desde sus distintas perspectivas el tema del uso de antibióticos y la resistencia a los antimicrobianos.
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