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COPAIA 7. Resistencia Antimicrobiana y seguridad alimentaria

COPAIA 7. Antimicrobial resistance and food safety

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2016-07
Author
McDermott, Patrick
Organización Panamericana de la Salud
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Abstract
La OMS ha identificado al aumento de la resistencia antimicrobiana como una crisis sanitaria a nivel global. Está siendo propagado por la mala utilización de medicamentos antimicrobianos, programas para la prevención y control de infecciones que son inadecuadas o inexistentes, medicamentos de mala calidad, capacidad laboratorial escasa, vigilancia inadecuada, regulación insuficiente del uso de medicamentos antimicrobianos. Un enfoque robusto y colaborativo será necesario para combatir la resistencia antimicrobiana, involucrando a países en todas las regiones y a actores de varios sectores.
 
The WHO has identified the rise of antimicrobial resistance as a global health crisis. It is being propagated by misuse of antimicrobial medicines, inadequate or inexistent programmes for infection prevention and control, poor-quality medicines, weak laboratory capacity, inadequate surveillance, insufficient regulation of the use of antimicrobial medicines. A strong, collaborative approach will be required to combat antimicrobial resistance, involving countries in all regions and actors in many sectors.
 
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COPAIA; COPAIA 7; Inocuidad de los Alimentos; Resistencia Antimicrobiana; Food Safety; Antimicrobial resistance
Category of PAHO Strategic Plan 2014-2019
Cat 1. Communicable Diseases
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https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/51066
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