Effective Surveillance
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
AMR develops when bacteria, fungi or viruses are exposed to antibiotics, antifungals or antivirals. As a result, the antimicrobials become ineffective and infections may persist. In addition, medical interventions including surgery, chemotherapy and stem cell therapy may become impossible.
AMR is considered the biggest global threat of Health and Food Safety.
AMR Insights
For Officers at authorities, ministries, international organisations and NGO’s who wish to prevent the further global spreading of Antimicrobial resistance, AMR Insights offers selected, global information and data, specific education and extensive networking and partnering opportunities.
AMR Insights is for:
- Senior officials and (top) civil servants at national authorities
- Policy Officers at Ministries
- Civil servants at regional authorities
- Senior officials at international organizations
- Senior officials at NGO’s
Latest Topics
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13 January 2026Prospective Audit and Feedback by Antibiotic Stewardship Teams to Reduce Antibiotic Overuse at Hospital Discharge
This multicentre stepped-wedge cluster-randomized trial across 10 hospitals evaluated whether a discharge-focused antimicrobial stewardship intervention—combining guideline dissemination with prospective audit and feedback for patients nearing discharge—could reduce antibiotic overuse at hospital discharge. Among more than 21,000 admissions, the intervention did not reduce the proportion of patients prescribed antibiotics after discharge, nor did it shorten postdischarge […]
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12 January 2026Impact Snapshot 2025
Since the 2017 global call to action, the Hub has strengthened global cooperation in antimicrobial resistance (AMR) research and development by reducing duplication and improving the efficient allocation of resources. It has built a comprehensive knowledge base across push and pull incentives, fostered collaboration through working groups, member engagement, and policy outputs, and advocated for […]
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09 January 2026Antimicrobial resistance analysis of Klebsiella pneumoniae bloodstream infections based on a random forest algorithm: a longitudinal study based on data from tertiary hospitals in China from 2012 to 2023
This large retrospective study of more than 109,000 Klebsiella pneumoniae bloodstream infections in China shows a high and increasing burden of antimicrobial resistance, with nearly one-third of isolates resistant to carbapenems and over 40% resistant to third-generation cephalosporins and fluoroquinolones. The dominant carbapenem-resistant strain was ST11 carrying the blaKPC gene, which—together with blaNDM—strongly predicted carbapenem […]
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