A call for action: the application of The International Health Regulations to the global threat of antimicrobial resistance

Didier Wernli; Thomas Haustein; John Conly; Yehuda Carmeli; Ilona Kickbusch; Stephan Harbarth

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001022

A call for action: the application of The International Health Regulations to the global threat of antimicrobial resistance

PLoS Med. 2011 Apr;8(4):e1001022. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001022. Epub 2011 Apr 19.

Authors

Didier Wernli¹, Thomas Haustein, John Conly, Yehuda Carmeli, Ilona Kickbusch, Stephan Harbarth

Affiliation

¹ Division of International and Humanitarian Medicine, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland.

Abstract

Stephen Harbarth and colleagues argue that the International Health Regulations (IHR) should be applied to the global health threat of antimicrobial resistance.

MeSH terms

Anti-Infective Agents / pharmacology*
Carbapenems / pharmacology
Drug Resistance, Bacterial / drug effects*
Global Health*
Government Regulation*
Humans
Internationality*
Klebsiella pneumoniae / drug effects
Population Surveillance
Public Health / legislation & jurisprudence*
Risk Factors

Substances

Anti-Infective Agents
Carbapenems