Abstract
Infection prevention: laying an essential foundation for quality universal health coverage
Highlights
Countries from across the world gathered in Astana, Kazakhstan, in October 2018, to reaffirm and expand their commitment to prioritise, promote, and protect the health and wellbeing of their populations
When Florence Nightingale, considered the mother of infection prevention and control (IPC), echoed the Hippocratic ideal to “first, do no harm” in the 1860s, she recognised that the first steps to providing organised beneficial health care were inherently risky in nature
Antibiotic-resistant microorganisms are responsible for most infections and 75% of disability-adjusted life-years attributable to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Europe are due to health-care-associated infections.[6]
Summary
Countries from across the world gathered in Astana, Kazakhstan, in October 2018, to reaffirm and expand their commitment to prioritise, promote, and protect the health and wellbeing of their populations. Infection prevention: laying an essential foundation for quality universal health coverage
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