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. 2021 Aug 16;73(4):e1011-e1017.
doi: 10.1093/cid/ciab062.

Leveraging Vaccines to Reduce Antibiotic Use and Prevent Antimicrobial Resistance: A World Health Organization Action Framework

Johan Vekemans  1 , Mateusz Hasso-Agopsowicz  1 , Gagandeep Kang  2 , William P Hausdorff  3 , Anthony Fiore  4 , Elizabeth Tayler  5 , Elizabeth J Klemm  6 , Ramanan Laxminarayan  7 , Padmini Srikantiah  8 , Martin Friede  1 , Marc Lipsitch  9
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Leveraging Vaccines to Reduce Antibiotic Use and Prevent Antimicrobial Resistance: A World Health Organization Action Framework

Johan Vekemans et al. Clin Infect Dis. .

Abstract

This Action Framework identifies priority actions to prevent antimicrobial-resistant (AMR) through expanding the use of licensed vaccines, developing new vaccines that contribute to the prevention and control of AMR, and expanding knowledge about the impact of vaccines on AMR.

Keywords: AMR; WHO; vaccines.

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Strategic objectives of the Global Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance
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