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Targets for the reduction of antibiotic use in humans in the Transatlantic Taskforce on Antimicrobial Resistance (TATFAR) partner countries
- Source :
- Eurosurveillance
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- Unnecessary and inappropriate use of antibiotics in human healthcare is a major driver for the development and spread of antimicrobial resistance; many countries are implementing measures to limit the overuse and misuse of antibiotics e.g. through the establishment of antimicrobial use reduction targets. We performed a review of antimicrobial use reduction goals in human medicine in Transatlantic Taskforce on Antimicrobial Resistance partner countries. On 31 March 2017, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control sent a questionnaire to National Focal Points for Antimicrobial Consumption and the National Focal Points for Antimicrobial Resistance in 28 European Union countries, Iceland and Norway. The same questionnaire was sent to the TATFAR implementers in Canada and the United States. Thirty of 32 countries replied. Only nine countries indicated that they have established targets to reduce antimicrobial use in humans. Twenty-one countries replied that no target had been established. However, 17 of these 21 countries indicated that work to establish such targets is currently underway, often in the context of developing a national action plan against antimicrobial resistance. The reported targets varied greatly between countries and can be a useful resource for countries willing to engage in the reduction of antibiotic use in humans.
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
targets, reduction targets
Epidemiology
medicine.drug_class
030106 microbiology
Antibiotics
Euroroundup
Inappropriate Prescribing
Context (language use)
Drug Prescriptions
antibiotic use
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Antibiotic resistance
Virology
Environmental health
Health care
medicine
Humans
media_common.cataloged_instance
European Union
030212 general & internal medicine
European union
Health policy
public health policy
media_common
business.industry
Health Policy
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Drug Resistance, Microbial
Antimicrobial
antimicrobial use
Anti-Bacterial Agents
3. Good health
TATFAR
Action plan
business
Transatlantic Taskforce on Antimicrobial Resistance
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Eurosurveillance
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....94064c30cc209c5278f3baf60921fe29