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WHO steps up fight against antimicrobial resistance ‘invisible pandemic’
20.06.2019 16:13 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
As resistance to antibiotics grows worldwide, the World Health Organization (WHO) has launched, as of this week, the latest stage of its campaign to fight this deadly health risk (called by UN «invisible pandemic») that is, the launch of the AWaRe portal, a new online tool for health professionals, UN Radio reports.
As to the report, the AWaRe portal divides antibiotics into three groups Access, Watch and Reserve and explains which antibiotics should be used to treat the most common and serious infections (Access), which ones should be available at all times in the healthcare system (Watch), and those that must be used sparingly or preserved and used only as a last resort (Reserve).
It is to be admitted, the campaign is designed to raise the proportion of global consumption of antibiotics within the Access group to at least 60%, and to reduce use of the antibiotics most at risk of resistance from the Watch and Reserve groups. Using Access antibiotics lowers the risk of resistance because they are ‘narrow-spectrum’ drugs that target a specific micro=organism rather than several. They are also less costly because they are available in generic form.
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