The antimicrobial resistance containment and surveillance approach - a public health tool
Antimicrobial drug resistance (AMR) is widely recognized as a global public health threat because it endangers the effectiveness of treatment of infectious diseases. In 2001 WHO issued the Global Strategy for Containment of Antimicrobial Resistance, but it has proved difficult to translate the recom...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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The World Health Organization
2004-12-01
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Series: | Bulletin of the World Health Organization |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862004001200009&lng=en&tlng=en |