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Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is resistance of a microorganism to an antimicrobial medicine to which it was previously sensitive. Resistant organisms (they include bacteria, viruses and some parasites) are able to withstand attack by antimicrobial medicines, such as antibiotics, antivirals, and antimalarials, so that standard treatments become ineffective and infections persist and may spread to others. AMR is a consequence of the use, particularly the misuse, of antimicrobial medicines and develops when a microorganism mutates or acquires a resistance gene. Fact Sheet |
Last Updated on Tuesday, 20 March 2012 09:18
PAHO/WHO Mandates: AMR
- CD41.R4 Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases and Antimicrobial Resistance
- CSP27.R10 Regional Policy and Strategy for ensuring quality of health care, including patient safety
- WHA51.17 Emerging and other communicable diseases: Antimicrobial Resistance
- WHA58.27 Improving the containment of antimicrobial resistance
- EB115.R6 Antimicrobial resistance: a threat to global health security
PAHO/WHO Strategic Plans: AMR
- PAHO Strategic Plan 2008-2012
- Health Agenda for the Americas 2008-2017
- WHO Global Strategy for Containment of Antimicrobial Resistance
- Pan American Health Organization's Proposed Contribution to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) / Latin America and Caribbean Bureau's. Amazon Malaria Initiative (AMI):Project Proposal and Workplans for Years 2 & 3
- Partnerships to Contain Antimicrobial Resistance in South America: An Integrated Approach PAHO-USAID
Guidelines: Antimicrobial Resistance
- Rapid evaluation guide for hospital programs for prevention and control of nosocomial infections New!
- Guía para el uso correcto de los equipos automatizados para identificación bacteriana y su correspondiente prueba de susceptibilidad OPS New!
- Epidemiological Surveillance of Healthcare-Asociated Infections New!
- Sterilization Manual for Health Centers
- Manual de esterilización para centros de salud
- Técnicas de higiene de las manos: ¿Cómo se deben lavar las manos?
- Hand Hygiene Techniques: How to handrub? How to handwash?
- La friction hydro alcoolique. Comment?
- Cuando tenga que tomar antibióticos... sea inteligente
Country Profiles: Antimicrobial Resistance
Reports: Antimicrobial Resistance
Meeting Reports: Antimicrobial Resistance
- Recommendations of an Expert Committee: Performance Evaluation Standards for the Kirby-Bauer Antibiogram (Areas of Inhibition or Interpretation) (Santiago, Chile, 24–26 February 2003)
- Antimicrobial Resistance and rational use of antimicrobial agents (Cairo, Egypt, 30 sep-3 Oct 2002)
- Implementation Workshop on the WHO Global Strategy for Containment of Antimicrobial Resistance (Geneva, Switzerland, 25-26 nov 2002)
- Panamerican Conference in Antimicrobial Resistance in the Americas (Caballeda, Venezuela, November 1998)
Scientific Production: Antimicrobial Resistance
- Resistencia a antimicrobianos y evaluación del tratamiento combinado en la septicemia neonatal Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
- Hurrying toward Disaster? Perspectivas en Salud
- Global response to antimicrobial Resistance WHO
- The impact of antimicrobial resistance and capsular type distribution on the mortality of children under 5 years of age with invasive disease caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae. Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
- Recurrent Urinary Tract Infections in Children Journal of the American Medical Association
Collaborating Centers: Antimicrobial Resistance
Related Sites: Antimicrobial Resistance
- Antimicrobial resistance
- Antimicrobial resistance - Other Links
- Regional Program on Antimicrobial Resistance: Combatting Resistance to Antibiotics in the Americas
- International Health Regulations
- RAVREDA-AMI: Amazon Network for the Surveillance of Antimalarial Drug Resistance (RAVREDA) / Amazon Malaria Initiative (AMI)
- Infection control & Antimicrobial resistance PAHEF
- Drug Resistance WHO
- Antimicrobial Resistance and Nosocomial infections Public Health Agency Canada
- Priorities in Health Disease Control Priorities Project