A Call for Action: The Application of the International Health Regulations to the Global Threat of Antimicrobial Resistance

Didier Wernli; Thomas Haustein; John Conly; Yehuda Carmeli; Ilona Kickbusch; Stephan Harbarth

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001022

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A Call for Action: The Application of the International Health Regulations to the Global Threat of Antimicrobial Resistance

Didier Wernli,

Affiliation Division of International and Humanitarian Medicine, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland
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Thomas Haustein,

Affiliation Infection Control Program, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland
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John Conly,

Affiliation Infection Control Program, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland
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Yehuda Carmeli,

Affiliation Infection Control Unit, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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Ilona Kickbusch,

Affiliation Global Health Programme, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, Switzerland
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Stephan Harbarth

* E-mail: stephan.harbarth@hcuge.ch

Affiliation Infection Control Program, University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland
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A Call for Action: The Application of the International Health Regulations to the Global Threat of Antimicrobial Resistance

Didier Wernli,
Thomas Haustein,
John Conly,
Yehuda Carmeli,
Ilona Kickbusch,
Stephan Harbarth

Published: April 19, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001022

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