Containing Antimicrobial Resistance - WHO Policy Perspectives on Medicines, No. 010, April 2005: Measuring the problem through surveillance

Containing Antimicrobial Resistance - WHO Policy Perspectives on Medicines, No. 010, April 2005
(2005; 6 pages) [French] [Spanish]

Table of Contents

	The problem of antimicrobial resistance
	Measuring the problem through surveillance
	Epidemiological surveillance of antimicrobial resistance
	Surveillance of antimicrobial use
	Core national strategies to contain AMR
	Conclusion
	Key Documents

Measuring the problem through surveillance

Surveillance is critical to containing the problem of AMR and requires monitoring over time the magnitude and trends in AMR and antimicrobial use and using the data to design interventions and measure their impact.