On this page you can download several publications (PDF) containing more information about antimicrobial resistance.

•  AMR fact sheet (343.37 kB) a publication by EPN, for Health professionals.
•  Antimicrobial resistance: a global threat (902.37 kB) a double issue of the Essential Drugs Monitor, 2000, N° 28 & 29 by the World Health Organization, which focusses on Antimicrobial resistance.
•  Alien species cost Africa billions (106.76 kB) an article by Alex Kirby, BBC News, February 5th 2003 + Understanding antimicrobial resistance, a publication by the US National Institutes of Health.
•  Strategies for the prevention and containment of antibiotic resistance (145.2 kB) by Professor Essack et al. of the School of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of Kwazulu-Natal. Published inSA Farm Pract, 2006, 48 (1).
•  Growing problem of multidrug-resistant entheric pathogens in Africa (248.81 kB) by assistant professor Okeke et al. of Haverford College, USA. Published in Emerging Infectious Diseases, November 2007, 13 (11).
•  Antimicrobial resistance among Neisseria gonorrhoeae (46.93 kB) a report for the quarterly (April to June 2008) surveillance of antimicrobial resistance among Neisseria ghonorrhoeae, by the Antibiotic Reference Laboratory of the Institute of Environmental Science & Research Limited, New Zealand.
•  Global overview of antimicrobial resistance: historical perspectives (87.23 kB) a lecture by Jae-Hoon Song, Division of Infectious Diseases of the Samsung Medical Center in Korea.
•  Antibiotic resistance in Africa - Discerning the enemy and plotting a defense (235.46 kB) by Iruka Okeke of Haverford College and Anibal Sosa of the Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics.
•  Meeting the challenge of antibiotic resistance (200.69 kB) Otto Cars and colleagues warn that a concerted global response is needed. Published in the British Medical Journal, September 2008.

Interesting websites:

• The WHO website on antimicrobial resistance and its document centre which contains several interesting publications, manuals and guidelines on antimicrobial resistance and surveillance of resistance.
  http://www.who.int/drugresistance/en/
• The WHO website on Surveillance of drug resistant tuberculosis contains several interesting publications on MDR TB, among which guidelines for surveillance of drug resistance in TB and global reports.
  http://www.who.int/tb/publications/mdr_surveillance/en/index.html
• The SPS website offers tools and manuals on AMR.
  http://www.msh.org/projects/sps/Resources/Tools-and-Manuals.cfm
• The e-bug website by the European Union is especially targeted to students and teachers.
  http://www.e-bug.eu/
• The website of Centrs for Disease Control and Prevention contains a wealth of health information and campaign materials on antibiotics.
  http://www.cdc.gov/getsmart/
• Indepth Network works towards providing health and demographic data and research to developing countries so as to push better health policies.
  http://www.indepth-network.org/
• The Indian Initiative for Management of Antibiotic Resistance - IIMAR was formed to promote prudent use of antibiotics so as to reduce the possibility of spread of antibiotic resistance. Their website is a place to read about AMR and connect with others.
  http://save-antibiotics.blogspot.com/2010/05/save-lives-clean-your-hands.html
• The International Network for Rational Use of Drugs (INRUD) designs, tests, and disseminates effective strategies to improve the way drugs are prescribed, dispensed, and used, with a particular emphasis on resource poor countries.
  http://www.inrud.org/
• The website of Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics contains general, scientific and advocacy-related information on antibiotics.
  http://www.tufts.edu/med/apua/

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