Antimicrobial resistance - World Health Organization (WHO) 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 increasing the risk of disease spread, severe illness and death
Antimicrobial resistance - World Health Organization (WHO) 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
Global antibiotic resistance surveillance report 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, urinary tract infections, gastrointestinal infections, and urogenital gonorrhoea
Turning the tide in Japan’s fight against antimicrobial resistance Japan has made significant progress in combating antimicrobial resistance (AMR) over the past two decades Initially, inadequate infection control measures led to widespread drug-resistant infections Dr Norio Ohmagari and his team focused on improving diagnosis, treatment protocols, and raising awareness within hospitals In 2015, the World Health Organization (WHO) urged countries to develop
WHO publishes the WHO Medically Important Antimicrobials List for Human . . . 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, antimicrobials that are medically important for human medicine need to be preserved by reducing their use in the non-human sectors The WHO list of medically important antimicrobials for human medicine (WHO
The next pandemic is already here: Antimicrobial resistance is upending . . . The pandemic of antimicrobial resistance – or AMR - isn’t a science-fiction scenario In many ways, it’s already here Countering the threat of antimicrobial resistance AMR is truly one of the most urgent, complex and, yes, frightening health challenges of our time
WHO warns of widespread resistance to common antibiotics worldwide Resistance is also more common and worsening in places where health systems lack capacity to diagnose or treat bacterial pathogens “Antimicrobial resistance is outpacing advances in modern medicine, threatening the health of families worldwide,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General
WHO releases new reports on new tests and treatments in development for . . . “Antimicrobial resistance is escalating, but the pipeline of new treatments and diagnostics is insufficient to tackle the spread of drug-resistant bacterial infections,” said Dr Yukiko Nakatani, WHO Assistant Director-General for Health Systems
Optimizing use of antimicrobial medicines - World Health Organization (WHO) Overuse and misuse, as well as lack of access, to quality-assured antimicrobials are the main drivers of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) To address these, the World Health Organization provides practical guidance such as the WHO Integrated Antimicrobial Stewardship toolkit, evidence-based policy recommendations, and tailored country-level support to optimize antimicrobial use through the