Antimicrobial resistance
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is the resistance of a microorganism to an antimicrobial medicine to which it was previously sensitive. It develops when a microorganism mutates or acquires a resistance gene. Resistant organisms (including bacteria, viruses, fungi, protozoa and helminths) 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 other people.
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News
- Survey in eastern European and central Asian countries finds further control of antibiotics use needed
- Call for applications to the Small Grants Scheme
- Clean care – the everyday measure to prevent, prepare for, respond to and recover from health emergencies
Call for applications
Small Grants Scheme for Operational/Implementation Research to Tackle the Threat of Antimicrobial ResistanceDeadline for submissions: 15-07-2019
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Video statement by Her Royal Highness Crown Princess Mary of Denmark for World Antibiotic Awareness Week (WAAW) 2018
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Key resource
Central Asian and Eastern European Surveillance on Antimicrobial Resistance (CAESAR)A joint initiative to survey, contain and prevent the emergence and spread of antibiotic resistance in the European Region.
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Publications
Central Asian and Eastern European Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance. Annual report 2018
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Data and statistics
25 000
The number of people out of 400 000 who die every year in the European Region due to an infection with a resistant bacterial strain.
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