Reporting Period 2010-2011
Human Rights, Minimum Standards and Monitoring at the European and International Levels
Celebrating ten years of success 2004-2014
Drugs, Diagnostics, Vaccines, Preventive Technologies, Research toward a cure, and immune-based and gene therapies in development
Meeting report, 25-26 September 2017 Copenhagen, Denmark
No publication year indicated
An Independent Report
of the West Africa Commission on Drugs
Guidance | Preparedness - Response and early recovery - Recovery and reconstruction
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an important public health concern shared by developed and developing countries. In developing countries the burden of infectious diseases is greater and exacerbated by limited access to, and availability and affordability of, antimicrobials required to treat infect...ions caused by AMR organisms. With drugs not listed on the essential drugs list (EDL), problems of increased morbidity, costs of extended hospitalisation and mortality are extremely serious. The problem of susceptibility to and spread of infections caused by multidrug-resistant (MDR) infectious agents is fuelled by factors such as limited access to clean water and sanitation to ensure personal hygiene, malnutrition, and the HIV/TB epidemic.
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