Author/Authors :
Nkengasong, John N. Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia , Varma, Jay K. Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia , Oppong-Otoo, John African union - Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources - Nairobi, Kenya , Jaw, Baboucarr African union - Inter-African Bureau for Animal Resources - Nairobi, Kenya , Ondoa, Pascale African Society for Laboratory Medicine - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia , Perovic, Olga University of Witwatersrand - Johannesburg, South Africa , Park, Benjamin J. United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Atlanta - Georgia, United States , Laxminarayan, Ramanan Princeton University - Princeton - New Jersey, United States , Peeling, Rosanna W. London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene- London - England, United Kingdom , Schultsz, Constance No Affiliation , Li, Han No Affiliation , Ihekweazu, Chikwe No Affiliation , Sall, Amadou A. No Affiliation
Abstract :
Antimicrobial resistant (AMR) organisms are increasing globally, threatening to render existing treatments ineffective against many infectious diseases.1,2 AMR strains of bacteria, fungi, parasites, and viruses prolong illness, increase case fatality, facilitate transmission, and increase treatment costs.3,4 In Africa where many health systems are weak, the likelihood of AMR increasing and the consequences of AMR infections are particularly high, and drug resistance has already been documented for HIV and the pathogens that cause malaria, tuberculosis, typhoid, cholera, meningitis, gonorrhoea, and dysentery.5 Patients in these countries have limited access to accurate diagnosis and adequate antimicrobial treatment, which can lead to sepsis and other life-threatening complications....
Keywords :
Africa Centres , Disease Control , Prevention’s framework , antimicrobial resistance control , Africa , Antimicrobial resistant (AMR) , CDC
