Moving avidence into action
This document is part of a series of briefs for health program managers interested in implementing evidence-based programs. With a special emphasis on underutilized interventions, they present evidence on programs that work and provide guidance and resources for replicat...ion.
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Training leaders in public health
IMDP 2016 Training Catalogue
Public Health Action
vol 5 no 3 published 21 september 2015
Eur Respir J 2016; 48: 808–817 | DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00840-2016
Technical and operational ‘how-to’: practical considerations
PLOS ONE | DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0133869 July 28, 2015, p.1-16
Antibiotics have been useful in fighting infectious diseases in our country for decades, but because of the overuse and misuse of these agents, an increasing number of organisms are now resistant to them. The Philippines, like other Southeast Asian countries, has already been encountering the many c...hallenges of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) which include increasing social and economic costs and rising patient mortality. Although considered a global threat, it is already an emerging local health concern which calls for an urgent collaboration among different sectors to provide solutions addressing this growing problem.
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