Leveraging Vaccines to Reduce Antibiotic Use and Prevent Antimicrobial Resistance: A World Health Organization Action Framework
Johan Vekemans, Mateusz Hasso-Agopsowicz, Gagandeep Kang, William P. Hausdorff, Anthony E. Fiore, Elizabeth Tayler, Elizabeth J. Klemm, Ramanan Laxminarayan, Padmini Srikantiah, Martin Friede, Marc Lipsitch
Abstract
This Action Framework identifies priority actions to prevent antimicrobial-resistant (AMR) through expanding the use of licensed vaccines, developing new vaccines that contribute to the prevention and control of AMR, and expanding knowledge about the impact of vaccines on AMR.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineAntibiotic resistanceAntimicrobialAction (physics)Intensive care medicineAntibioticsRisk analysis (engineering)MicrobiologyBiologyPhysicsQuantum mechanicsAntibiotic Resistance in BacteriaAntibiotic Use and ResistancePneumonia and Respiratory Infections