Lorenzo Moja, Veronica Zanichelli, Dominik Mertz, Sumanth Gandra, Bernadette Cappello, Graham S Cooke, Pem Chuki, Stephan Harbarth, Celine Pulcini, Marc Mendelson, Evelina Tacconelli, Loice Achieng Ombajo, Ronald Chitatanga, Mei Zeng, Monica Imi, Christelle Elias, Per Ashorn, Annamaria Marata, Sarah Paulin, Arno Muller, Awa Aidara-Kane, Teodora Elvira Wi, Wilson Milton Were, Elizabeth Tayler, Albert Figueras, Carmem Pessoa Da Silva, Catharina Van Weezenbeek, Nicola Magrini, Mike Sharland, Benedikt Huttner, Mark Loeb
The WHO Model List of Essential Medicines (EML) prioritizes medicines that have significant global public health value. The EML can also deliver important messages on appropriate medicine use. Since 2017, in response to the growing challenge of antimicrobial resistance, antibiotics on the EML were reviewed and categorized into three groups: Access, Watch and Reserve, leading to a new categorization called AWaRe. These categories were developed taking into account the impact of different antibiotics and classes on antimicrobial resistance, and the implications for their appropriate use...
February 9, 2024: Clinical Microbiology and Infection