Moving from Assessments to Implementation: Promising Practices for Strengthening Multisectoral Antimicrobial Resistance Containment Capacity
Moving from Assessments to Implementation: Promising Practices for Strengthening Multisectoral Antimicrobial Resistance Containment Capacity
By: Mohan P. Joshi, Fozo Alombah, Niranjan Konduri, Antoine Ndiaye, Ndinda Kusu, Reuben Kiggundu, Edgar Peter Lusaya, Robert Tuala Tuala, Martha Embrey, Tamara Hafner, Ousmane Traore, Mame Mbaye, Babatunde Akinola, Denylson Namburete, Alphonse Acho, Yacouba Hema, Workineh Getahun, Md Abu Sayem & Emmanuel Nfor
Publication: One Health Outlook; 14 April 2023; 5, 7 (2023). DOI: 10.1186/s42522-023-00081-6
Abstract
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a global threat to human, animal, and environmental health. AMR is a technical area in the Global Health Security Agenda initiative which uses the Joint External Evaluation tool to evaluate national AMR containment capacity. This paper describes four promising practices for strengthening national antimicrobial resistance containment capacity based on the experiences of the US Agency for International Development’s Medicines, Technologies, and Pharmaceutical Services Program work with 13 countries to implement their national action plans on AMR in the areas of multisectoral coordination, infection prevention and control, and antimicrobial stewardship.