Australian Government Responding to the threat of antimicrobial resistance
The Australian Government - Department of Health has released its National Antimicrobial Resistance Strategy 2015-2019 today.
The 7 point Australian Plan
- Objective One
Increase awareness and understanding of antimicrobial resistance, its implications and actions to combat it, through effective communication, education, and training
- Objective Two
Implement effective antimicrobial stewardship practices across human health and animal care settings to ensure the appropriate and judicious prescribing, dispensing and administering of antimicrobials
- Objective Three
Develop nationally coordinated One Health surveillance of antimicrobial resistance and antimicrobial usage
- Objective Four
Improve infection prevention and control measures across human health and animal care settings to help prevent infections and the spread of resistance
- Objective Five
Agree a national research agenda and promote investment in the discovery and development of new products and approaches to prevent, detect and contain antimicrobial resistance
- Objective Six
Strengthen international partnerships and collaboration on regional and global efforts to respond to antimicrobial resistance
- Objective Seven
Establish and support clear governance arrangements at the local, jurisdictional, national and international levels to ensure leadership, engagement and accountability for actions to combat antimicrobial resistance
In the context of CO-ADD, we wanted to highlight the Objective 5, mentioning the need "to encourage collaboration and information sharing, both nationally and internationally, to ensure the most efficient use of research and development resources", and for "basic and molecular microbiological research to advance the development of novel therapeutics, including antimicrobials, adjunct treatments, combination therapies and vaccines and support the redevelopment of existing antimicrobials".
Reports
Along with Australia, the UK, the WHO, the White House and the German government also have proposed AMR strategies in the past few years or months. Full reports can be downloaded here:
