Table 1– The World Health Organization’s (WHO) comprehensive six-point policy package to contain and prevent antimicrobial resistance

1) Commit to a comprehensive, financed national plan with accountability and civil society engagement

2) Strengthen surveillance and laboratory capacity

3) Ensure uninterrupted access to quality essential medicine

4) Regulate and promote rational use of medicines, including those used in animal husbandry, and ensure proper patient care

5) Enhance infection prevention and control

6) Foster innovations, and the research and development of new tools

Reproduced and modified from 19 with permission from M.C. Raviglione and the Bulletin of the World Health Organization.