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World Health Organization WHO (2921) C_WHO

An Action Framework and annexe to Immunization Agenda 2030 (Draft version) 27 January 2021

Tags: antibiotics, antibiotic use, resistance, Antimicrobial resistance, Strategy, Immunization,

Source: https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-s

Antibiotic Manufacturing Standard

AMR Industry Alliance (2022) CC

Minimizing risk of developing antibiotic resistance and aquatic ecotoxicity in the environment resulting from the manufacturing of human antibiotic. The Standard, facilitated by BSI Standards Limited (BSI), provides clear guidance to manufacturers in the global antibiotic supply chain to ensure that their antibiotics are made responsibly, helping to minimize the risk of AMR in the environment

Tags: AMR, Environment, pollution, Standards, ecotoxicity, drug manufacturing, Manufacturing, antibiotics,

Source: https://www.amrindustryalliance.org/wp-c

Antimicrobials supplied in community pharmacies in eastern Europe and central Asia in the early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic

World Health Organization WHO (2022) CC

During the COVID-19 health crisis, community pharmacists had an enhanced role in supporting health-care systems that were overburdened by managing seriously ill patients. This study was undertaken to determine the patterns of community supply of antiviral and antibacterial agents from community pharmacies during the COVID-19 pandemic in selected countries in eastern Europe and central Asia. Nine countries – Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, North Macedonia, the Russian Federation, Serbia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan – participated in this cross-sectional study

Tags: COVID-19, antimicrobial drugs, eastern europe, central asia, pharmacy,

Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/hand

Priorités stratégiques de l’OMS pour lutter contre la résistance aux antimicrobiens : préserver les antimicrobiens pour aujourd’hui et pour demain

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

Tags: antimicrobials, amr, Antimicrobial resistance, MDR-TB, strategy,

Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/hand

Training on GLASS methodology for national surveillance of antimicrobial consumption

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

Tags: Antimicrobial resistance, Surveillance, consumption,

Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/hand

WHO strategic priorities on antimicrobial resistance: preserving antimicrobials for today and tomorrow (Arabic Version)

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

Tags: antimicrobials, amr, Antimicrobial resistance, MDR-TB, strategy,

Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/hand

World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO

2nd edition WASH FIT is a risk-based, continuous improvement framework with a set of tools for undertaking water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) improvements as part of wider quality improvements in health care facilities. It is aimed at small primary, and in some instances secondary, health care facilities in low and middle income countries. An app, for front line data collection is also available in the Android Google Play store or as a web ap

Tags: water safety, safe water, Sanitation, Hygiene promotion, Hygiene, Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), infection control, guideline,

Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/hand

Pharmaceutical pollution of the world’s rivers

Wilkinson, J.L.; A.B. A. Boxall, D. W. Kolpin, et al. (2022) CC

PNAS 119 (8) e2113947119 | https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2113947119 Environmental exposure to active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) can have negative effects on the health of ecosystems and humans. While numerous studies have monitored APIs in rivers, these employ different analytical methods, measure different APIs, and have ignored many of the countries of the world. This makes it difficult to quantify the scale of the problem from a global perspective. Furthermore, comparison of the existing data, generated for different studies/regions/continents, is challenging due to the vast differences between the analytical methodologies employed. Here, we present a global-scale study of API pollution in 258 of the world’s rivers, representing the environmental influence of 471.4 million people across 137 geographic regions. Samples were obtained from 1,052 locations in 104 countries (representing all continents and 36 countries not previously studied for API contamination) and analyzed for 61 APIs. Highest cumulative API concentrations were observed in sub-Saharan Africa, south Asia, and South America. The most contaminated sites were in low- to middle-income countries and were associated with areas with poor wastewater and waste management infrastructure and pharmaceutical manufacturing. The most frequently detected APIs were carbamazepine, metformin, and caffeine (a compound also arising from lifestyle use), which were detected at over half of the sites monitored. Concentrations of at least one API at 25.7% of the sampling sites were greater than concentrations considered safe for aquatic organisms, or which are of concern in terms of selection for antimicrobial resistance. Therefore, pharmaceutical pollution poses a global threat to environmental and human health, as well as to delivery of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

Tags: Pharmaceutical pollution, Rivers, environmental and human health, Study, water pollution,

Source: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.21

Policy Brief for the Legal Framework on Infection Prevention and Control

African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2022) C1

The Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Legal Framework comes before the Specialized Technical Committee on Health and Drug Control for adoption and endorsement. The IPC Legal Framework is designed to guide Member States in the review and strengthening of laws and policies that support IPC at both the national level and in healthcare facilities. In developing this IPC Legal Framework, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) is furthering its mandates to harmonize disease control and prevention policies and promote the prevention and control of diseases by building capacity of public health institutions in Members States

Tags: Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), Antimicrobial resistance, implementing, framework, national level, Healthcare facilities,

Source: https://africacdc.org/download/policy-br

Spatiotemporal distribution of antimicrobial resistant organisms in different water environments in urban and rural settings of Bangladesh

Asaduzzaman, M. et al. (2022) CC

The authors conduct an integrated survey of Antimicrobial Resistant Organisms (AMR) in drinking water, wastewater and surface water in three settings in Bangladesh: rural households, rural poultry farms, and urban food markets. Results show that untreated water discharged from rural households, poultry farms and urban markets are major contributors to surface water pollution and antibiotic resistant bacteria genes, calling for increased surveillance and monitoring

Tags: Antimicrobial resistance, water supply, drinking-water systems, Bangladesh, contaminated food and water, environmental change, mapping,

Source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/ar

	Leveraging Vaccines to Reduce Antibiotic Use and Prevent Antimicrobial Resistance NEW World Health Organization WHO (2921) C_WHO View PDF(23) Download (27) Add to my MEDBOX An Action Framework and annexe to Immunization Agenda 2030 (Draft version) 27 January 2021 Tags: antibiotics, antibiotic use, resistance, Antimicrobial resistance, Strategy, Immunization, Source: https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-s
	Antibiotic Manufacturing Standard AMR Industry Alliance (2022) CC View PDF(2) Download (6) Add to my MEDBOX Minimizing risk of developing antibiotic resistance and aquatic ecotoxicity in the environment resulting from the manufacturing of human antibiotic. The Standard, facilitated by BSI Standards Limited (BSI), provides clear guidance to manufacturers in the global antibiotic supply chain to ensure that their antibiotics are made responsibly, helping to minimize the risk of AMR in the environment Tags: AMR, Environment, pollution, Standards, ecotoxicity, drug manufacturing, Manufacturing, antibiotics, Source: https://www.amrindustryalliance.org/wp-c
	Antimicrobials supplied in community pharmacies in eastern Europe and central Asia in the early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic World Health Organization WHO (2022) CC View PDF(2) Download (1) Add to my MEDBOX During the COVID-19 health crisis, community pharmacists had an enhanced role in supporting health-care systems that were overburdened by managing seriously ill patients. This study was undertaken to determine the patterns of community supply of antiviral and antibacterial agents from community pharmacies during the COVID-19 pandemic in selected countries in eastern Europe and central Asia. Nine countries – Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, North Macedonia, the Russian Federation, Serbia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan – participated in this cross-sectional study Tags: COVID-19, antimicrobial drugs, eastern europe, central asia, pharmacy, Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/hand
	Priorités stratégiques de l’OMS pour lutter contre la résistance aux antimicrobiens : préserver les antimicrobiens pour aujourd’hui et pour demain World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO View PDF(2) Download (3) Add to my MEDBOX Tags: antimicrobials, amr, Antimicrobial resistance, MDR-TB, strategy, Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/hand
	Training on GLASS methodology for national surveillance of antimicrobial consumption World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO View PDF(1) Download (1) Add to my MEDBOX Tags: Antimicrobial resistance, Surveillance, consumption, Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/hand
	WHO strategic priorities on antimicrobial resistance: preserving antimicrobials for today and tomorrow (Arabic Version) World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO View PDF(3) Download (2) Add to my MEDBOX Tags: antimicrobials, amr, Antimicrobial resistance, MDR-TB, strategy, Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/hand
	Water and Sanitation for Health Facility Improvement Tool (WASH FIT): A practical guide for improving quality of care through water, sanitation and hygiene in health care facilities World Health Organization WHO (2022) C_WHO View PDF(1452) Download (455) Add to my MEDBOX 2nd edition WASH FIT is a risk-based, continuous improvement framework with a set of tools for undertaking water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) improvements as part of wider quality improvements in health care facilities. It is aimed at small primary, and in some instances secondary, health care facilities in low and middle income countries. An app, for front line data collection is also available in the Android Google Play store or as a web ap Tags: water safety, safe water, Sanitation, Hygiene promotion, Hygiene, Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), infection control, guideline, Source: https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/hand
	Pharmaceutical pollution of the world’s rivers Wilkinson, J.L.; A.B. A. Boxall, D. W. Kolpin, et al. (2022) CC Open external link (44) Add to my MEDBOX PNAS 119 (8) e2113947119 \| https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2113947119 Environmental exposure to active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) can have negative effects on the health of ecosystems and humans. While numerous studies have monitored APIs in rivers, these employ different analytical methods, measure different APIs, and have ignored many of the countries of the world. This makes it difficult to quantify the scale of the problem from a global perspective. Furthermore, comparison of the existing data, generated for different studies/regions/continents, is challenging due to the vast differences between the analytical methodologies employed. Here, we present a global-scale study of API pollution in 258 of the world’s rivers, representing the environmental influence of 471.4 million people across 137 geographic regions. Samples were obtained from 1,052 locations in 104 countries (representing all continents and 36 countries not previously studied for API contamination) and analyzed for 61 APIs. Highest cumulative API concentrations were observed in sub-Saharan Africa, south Asia, and South America. The most contaminated sites were in low- to middle-income countries and were associated with areas with poor wastewater and waste management infrastructure and pharmaceutical manufacturing. The most frequently detected APIs were carbamazepine, metformin, and caffeine (a compound also arising from lifestyle use), which were detected at over half of the sites monitored. Concentrations of at least one API at 25.7% of the sampling sites were greater than concentrations considered safe for aquatic organisms, or which are of concern in terms of selection for antimicrobial resistance. Therefore, pharmaceutical pollution poses a global threat to environmental and human health, as well as to delivery of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Tags: Pharmaceutical pollution, Rivers, environmental and human health, Study, water pollution, Source: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.21
	Policy Brief for the Legal Framework on Infection Prevention and Control African Union; Africa CDC Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2022) C1 View PDF(12) Download (8) Add to my MEDBOX The Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Legal Framework comes before the Specialized Technical Committee on Health and Drug Control for adoption and endorsement. The IPC Legal Framework is designed to guide Member States in the review and strengthening of laws and policies that support IPC at both the national level and in healthcare facilities. In developing this IPC Legal Framework, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) is furthering its mandates to harmonize disease control and prevention policies and promote the prevention and control of diseases by building capacity of public health institutions in Members States Tags: Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), Antimicrobial resistance, implementing, framework, national level, Healthcare facilities, Source: https://africacdc.org/download/policy-br
	Spatiotemporal distribution of antimicrobial resistant organisms in different water environments in urban and rural settings of Bangladesh Asaduzzaman, M. et al. (2022) CC Open external link (37) Add to my MEDBOX The authors conduct an integrated survey of Antimicrobial Resistant Organisms (AMR) in drinking water, wastewater and surface water in three settings in Bangladesh: rural households, rural poultry farms, and urban food markets. Results show that untreated water discharged from rural households, poultry farms and urban markets are major contributors to surface water pollution and antibiotic resistant bacteria genes, calling for increased surveillance and monitoring Tags: Antimicrobial resistance, water supply, drinking-water systems, Bangladesh, contaminated food and water, environmental change, mapping, Source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/ar

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