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Headline Armenia: Addressing antimicrobial resistance (AMR) - 2021

Description Patient Mila, 2, pretends to treat herself with an otoscope during a doctor’s visit at Pediatrician Hrachuhi Ghazaryan’s office at Wigmore Clinic, Yerevan, November 8, 2021.

Like many countries, Armenia is confronted with the public health challenge of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). However, the country is taking steps to curtail the overuse of antimicrobials (antibiotics, antivirals, antifungals, and antiparasitic).

With funds from the European Union, WHO’s Regional Office for Europe has assisted Armenia’s Ministry of Health to improve guidelines on the management and treatment of common infections (including community-acquired pneumonia, pharyngitis, urinary tract infections, ear infections), and COVID-19. WHO and the Ministry of Health are introducing these guidelines to primary health care providers throughout Armenia. The guidelines include information on the rational use of antimicrobials to help practitioners orient themselves quickly, and follow a unified approach to treatment, while also considering individual factors.

Professionals like Doctor Hrachuhi Ghazaryan, Head of Pediatric Service at the Wigmore Clinic, have introduced these improved guidelines to over 1600 local general practitioners, family doctors and pediatricians, therefore raising AMR awareness.

The pediatric service at the pediatric service at the Wigmore Clinic, in the center of Yerevan, was established in 2018. Since then, it has become one of the leading pediatric services in the country for treating complicated pediatric medical conditions. The team treats around 150 children as outpatients daily and cares for up to 20 children in the wards. Over the course of a year, around 1500 children are treated in the pediatric inpatient department.

Wigmore Clinic is privately owned; however, most pediatric services can be accessed with a state-issued prescription. Their main goal is to provide high-quality, accessible health care for all children but because of the sharp rise in patients in the last two years, they consistently experience bed shortages during high morbidity seasons.

Asset date 11/08/2021

Country, area, WHO office Armenia

City Yerevan

Location Wigmore Clinic

WHO Region EURO

Consent Yes

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