Antimicrobial resistance and infection prevention and control curriculum assessment tool for nursing and midwifery education

Overview

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a major threat to global health, patient safety and health system resilience. Poor infection prevention and control (IPC) is a key driver of AMR, increasing the risk of health care associated infections, preventable morbidity and mortality, and avoidable health care costs. AMR and IPC are therefore interdependent global health priorities that require coordinated action across education, practice and policy. 

Global commitments, including the Global Action Plan on AMR, the Global action plan and monitoring framework for IPC (2024–2030) and the political declaration of the second United Nations General Assembly High level Meeting on AMR, highlight education and training as essential to achieving national and global AMR and IPC targets. In 2024, WHO introduced the AMR Curriculum Assessment Tool for Medical Education to guide medical schools in integrating AMR content into their curricula. The AMR and IPC curriculum assessment tool for nursing and midwifery education extends this series to nursing education. 

This tool is designed to support a rapid and systematic review of pre service nursing and midwifery curricula at institutional or national level. The tool helps assess the extent to which curricula include AMR and IPC content and competences and inform targeted curriculum strengthening. When used alongside WHO normative guidance, it supports a continuum of quality improvement linking education to appropriate use of antimicrobials, safe clinical practice and measurable progress towards AMR containment and IPC goals.