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ICMR Guidelines for Management of Type 2 Diabetes 2018

ICMR Indian Council of Medical Research (2018) C1

South African Antimicrobial Resistance National Strategy Framework. A One Health Approach 2018 – 2024

Dept. of Health ; Dept of Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries, South Africa (2018) C1

Antimicrobial stewardship programmes in health-care facilities in low- and middle-income countries. A WHO practical toolkit

World Health Organization WHO (2019) C_WHO

Stewardship is defined as “the careful and responsible management of something entrusted to one’s care”. It was originally applied in the health-care setting as a tool for optimizing antimicrobial use, termed “antimicrobial stewardship” (AMS). Stewardship has since be ... more

List of Medicines for Drug Shop , Ethiopia (LMDS)

Food, Medicine and Health care Administration and Control Authority of Ethiopia (FMHACA) (2012) C1

Fourth edition

Drug Resistance Through The Back Door: How The Pharmaceutical Industry Is Fuelling The Rise Of Superbugs Through Pollution In Its Supply Chains

Sascha Marchang, Natasha Hurley European Public Health Alliance (EPHA), Changing Markets (2016) C1

Irresponsible pharmaceutical companies fuel the proliferation of superbugs through supply chain pollution, the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) reports. The advocacy group uncovered lapses such as dirty production and inadequate waste disposal in the production of antimicrobials in China and I ... more

Situation Analysis and Recommendation: Antibiotic Use and Resistance in Tanzania

Aboud S., R. Mdegela Global Antibiotic Resistance Partnership—Tanzania Working Group (2015) C2

Antibiotics and other antimicrobial agents are invaluable life savers, particularly in resource-limited countries where infectious diseases are abundant. Both uncomplicated and severe infections are potentially curable as long as the aetiological agents are susceptible to the ... more

FIP Reference Guide on Good Pharmacy Practice in community and hospital settings

International Pharmaceutical Federation (2009) CC

No Time to Wait: Securing the future from drug-resistant infections

IACG Interagency Coordination Group on Antimicral Resistance (2019) C_WHO

UN, international agencies and experts released a groundbreaking report demanding immediate, coordinated and ambitious action to avert a potentially disastrous drug-resistance crisis. If no action is taken - warns the UN Ad hoc Interagency Coordinating Group on Antimicrobial Resistance who release ... more

Philippine Action Plan to Combat AMR: One Health Approach

Phillipine Department of Health (2019) C_WHO

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 ... more

How Antimicrobial Resistance will impact your future and your community

Joel Ecumenical Pharmaceutical Network (2015) C1

Take Action on Antimicrobial Resistance.For students in college and university This is a booklet that is suitable for readers with a developed intellect. It is well summarized in a way that captures the most important facts to remember and actions to take against AMR.

Zimbabwe National Pharmacovigilance Policy Handbook, 2nd ed.

Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) | Ministry of Health and Child Care (2016) C2

The Zimbabwe National Pharmacovigilance Policy Handbook, 2nd Edition updates the November 2013 version to indicate the Zimbabwe National Pharmacovigilance (PV) Centre’s compliance with the WHO Pharmacovigilance Indicators Handbook 2015.

Effectiveness of Education and an Antibiotic-Control Program in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Thailand

Apisarnthanarak A.,S. Danchaivijitr,T. Khawcharoenporn, et al. (2006) C2

Overuse of antimicrobial agents occurs globally in both community and hospital settings. Misuse of antibiotics can lead to a variety of adverse outcomes, including the development of antimicrobial resistanceand increased cost of hospitalization. This issuehas been particularly problematic in de ... more

Improving Access to and Appropriate Use of Medicines for Mental Disorders
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Corrado Barbui, Tarun Dua, Kavitha Kolappa et al. World Health Organization and Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (2017) C_WHO

Developmental roadmap for antimicrobial susceptibility testing systems

Belkum, A.van, T. T. Bachmann, G. Lüdke, et al. (2019) CC

Nature Reviews Microbiology Vol. 17 (2019)pp.51-62 Antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) technologies help to accelerate the initiation of targeted antimicrobial therapy for patients with infections and could potentially extend the lifespan of current narrow- spectrum antimicrobials. Althoug ... more

Improving Private Drug Sellers’ Practices for Managing Common Health Problems in Nepal

Kafle KK., Karkee SB., Shrestha N., et al. JNHRC (2013) C1

J Nepal Health Res Counc 2013 May;11(24):198-204

Integrated management of childhood illness (IMCI) strategy for children under five (Review)

Tarun Gera, Dheeraj Shah, Paul Garner et al. (2016) C2

Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2016 Jul 1; (6): 1–61 -Published online 2016 July 1

Standard Treatment Guidelines and Essential Medicines List for South Africa : Primary Healthcare Level 2020 edition

the Essential Drugs Programme, the PHCAdult Hospital Level Expert review Committee, the National Essential Medicines List Committee National Department of Health South Africa (2020) CC

The PHC STGs and EML should be used by healthcare workers providing care at clinics, community health centres, and gateway clinics at hospitals. Pharmaceutical and Therapeutics Committees (PTCs) are responsible for ensuring the availability of medicines listed in the PHC EML at those facilities, as ... more