"Antibiotic resistance requires a collaborative approach across countries to detect, prevent, and respond to these threats. Global leaders are joining CDC’s AMR Challenge by committing to action across healthcare, food, communities, and the environment (soil and water) to accelerate the fight.
Antibiotic resistance, when germs (i.e., bacteria, fungi) develop the ability to defeat the drugs designed to kill them, is a top threat to the public’s health and a priority across the globe. In the U.S. alone, it causes more than 2 million infections and 23,000 deaths per year. Worldwide, antibiotic resistance threatens our progress in healthcare, food production, and ultimately life expectancy.
Antibiotic resistance has been found in all regions of the world. Modern travel of people, animals, and goods means antibiotic resistance can easily spread across borders and continents. Collaborative, coordinated efforts will help slow the development and spread of antibiotic resistance and protect people.
CDC Collaborates to Support Global Action
Through CDC’s Antibiotic Resistance Solutions Initiative, the agency collaborates with countries throughout the world to improve antibiotic use, track resistance, and implement infection prevention and control activities in healthcare settings, where antibiotic resistance can emerge and amplify the spread.
CDC shares expertise and deploys experts to investigate and contain resistance outbreaks, and assists other countries as they:
- Implement infection prevention and control programs, and antibiotic stewardship programs in healthcare settings
- Establish or strengthen national tracking systems to respond rapidly to outbreaks, identify emerging pathogens, and track trends
- Enhance laboratory capacity to detect and report resistance
- Develop and implement national action plans to address the threat of antibiotic resistance..."
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