National AMS Guidelines and Toolkits for the Republic of Liberia 2022 -2027
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National AMS Guidelines and Toolkits for the Republic of Liberia 2022 -2027
For decades, microbes, in particular bacteria, have become increasingly resistant to various antimicrobials, including antibiotics. The World Health Assembly’s endorsement of the Global
Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) in May 2015, and the Political Declaration of the
High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly on AMR in September 2017, both recognized AMR as a global threat to public health. These policy initiatives acknowledge the overuse and misuse of antimicrobials as a main driver for the development of resistance, as well as the need to optimize the use of antimicrobials.