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The AMR Multi-Stakeholder Partnership Platform aims to catalyse a global movement for action against antimicrobial resistance (AMR) by fostering cooperation between a diverse range of stakeholders at all levels across the One Health spectrum. It seeks to ensure a healthier, [...]

Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) is becoming a core political, social and economic problem due to being a critical public health threat. It concerns all walks of life. Consumers, decision makers, farmers, food producers and health professionals are urged to think about [...]

La résistance aux antimicrobiens apparaît lorsque les bactéries, les virus, les champignons et les parasites ne réagissent plus aux agents antimicrobiens. La résistance aux médicaments rend les antibiotiques et autres agents antimicrobiens inefficaces et les infections deviennent difficiles voire impossibles [...]

Tip 3: Maintain personal hygiene and keep your environment clean. Bacteria can grow resistant in unclean hospitals and farms. Control the spread of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria by washing hands and tools.

Tip 2: Don’t misuse or overuse antimicrobials like antibiotics. Such practices create resistant bacteria. Doctors and veterinarians should provide appropriate prescriptions, which everyone should follow!