Reduction of Antimicrobial
Resistance (AMR)
VetEffecT is working to decrease the use of antibiotics in animal production in
its international and national projects by
introducing good practices in dairy, poultry, pig and other animal production
sectors to reduce antimicrobial resistance. Especially where the risks are the
biggest: low and middle income countries
(LMICs).
Bad
bugs
Due to increasing and excessive
use of antibiotics in humans
and in animal production since several decades, bacteria are increasingly
resistant to antibiotics. Humans with relatively simple infections caused by resistant
bacteria may die when no effective antibiotics are available anymore. Antimicrobial Resistance is therefore one of the
greatest risks for mankind. Intensive
animal production is an important risk for selection of antibiotic
resistant bacteria that
may also infect humans. However,
with specific measures, the use of antibiotics and subsequently the occurrence of resistant bacteria can be greatly
reduced.
What’s
to be done
Europe
EU countries should better uniform AMR monitoring in
livestock
This
is the outcome of our review of antimicrobial resistance surveillance
programmes in livestock and their meat in Europe, with a focus on antimicrobial
resistance patterns in humans. In this review, we describe surveillance
programmes reporting antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and resistance genes in
bacterial isolates from livestock and meat and compare them with those relevant
for human health. Curious about the conclusions? To read the full paper click
here.
Low and middle income countries
Africa, Asia
Improving
monitoring and surveillance: https://lstmed.ac.uk/news-events/news/three-fleming-fund-scoping-studies-on-amr-completed
Inform
and train: https://www.amr-insights.eu/
Further
Reading:
EU: HERE
Epi-Net: https://epi-net.eu/
WHO: http://www.who.int/antimicrobial-resistance/en/
FAO: http://www.fao.org/antimicrobial-resistance/en/
OIE: http://www.oie.int/en/for-the-media/amr/
EMA: http://www.ema.europa.eu/docs/en_GB/document_library/Report/2016/10/WC500214217.pdf
FlemingFund https://wellcome.ac.uk/press-release/fleming-fund-launched-tackle-global-problem-drug-resistant-infection