Links to related websites
Antibiotic Resistance
Websites
AWARE
- the Alliance Working for Antibiotic Resistance Education.
The
World Health Organization's
Anti-infective Drug Resistance webpage.
WHO's
Global Strategy
for the Containment of Antimicrobial Resistance.
US
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention's
web page on antibiotic resistance.
Canadian
Committee on Antibiotic Resistance
A Canadian organization working in coordination with governmental
and non-profit organizations to help prevent an increase in antibiotic
resistance.
Health
Canada
The Canadian federal body responsible for helping Canadians maintain
and improve their health; this page provides information about antibiotic
resistance, focused on the human aspect.
European
Union
Information concerning the EU strategy on antimicrobial resistance.
Tacoma-Pierce
County
An antimicrobial resistance program designed by a county health department,
tailored to a mixed rural and urban population.
Center
for Science in the Public Interest
A nutrition advocacy organization that emphasizes the importance of
nutrition and food safety; this section describes an antibiotic resistance
project including both human and animal use of antibiotics.
Keep
Antibiotics Working
A campaign aimed at ending the overuse and misuse of antibiotics in
animal agriculture, with support for limiting overuse in human medicine.
DrGreene.com
An article to help parents discuss the overuse of antibiotics with
their child's doctor from a parenting/child health website.
Save
The Antibiotic.com
Educational materials about antibiotic resistance aimed at middle-school
audience.
LIBRA,
An independent website sponsored by Bayer AG, with information about
antibiotic resistance.
Pfizer
A research-based global pharmaceutical company; this site has an article
about antibiotic resistance.
Infectious
Diseases Websites
Emerging
& Other Communicable Diseases
The World Health Organization's unit which deals with communicable
diseases.
ID
Links
Collection of links to online infectious disease resources.
ProMED
Program
to Monitor Emerging Diseases - a global system for early detection
and timely response to disease outbreaks.
Johns
Hopkins Infectious Diseases
Updated
information on infectious diseases including hepatitis, STDs, tuberculosis,
and HIV/AIDS treatment, prevention, research, education, epidemiology
from doctors at Johns Hopkins University. Contains an "Antibiotic
Guide" section.
Homepages
for medical, scientific and governmental organizations
American
Society for Microbiology
This site contains conference proceedings, articles, and other materials
related to antibiotic resistance.
World
Health Organization
UN body dedicated to world health.
Ecology Links
A
listing of websites dealing with the ecology of antibiotic resistance
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