Leveraging Vaccines to Reduce Antibiotic Use and Prevent Antimicrobial Resistance: a WHO Action Framework
27 January 2021
The growing burden of antimicrobial-resistant (AMR) microbes constitutes a significant global threat. Vaccines are effective tools to prevent infections could help to control and prevent AMR. In this Viewpoint we present an Action Framework for vaccines to contribute fully, sustainably and equitably to the prevention and control of AMR by preventing infections and reducing antimicrobial use.
Further reading: Clinical Infectious Diseases
Author(s): Johan Vekemans, Mateusz Hasso-Agopsowicz, Gagandeep Kang, William P Hausdorff, Anthony Fiore, Elizabeth Tayler, Elizabeth J Klemm, Ramanan Laxminarayan, Padmini Srikantiah, Martin Friede, Marc Lipsitch
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