TY - JOUR
T1 - Building the European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance network in veterinary medicine (EARS-Vet)
AU - EU-JAMRAI
AU - Mader, Rodolphe
AU - Damborg, Peter
AU - Amat, Jean-Philippe
AU - Bengtsson, Björn
AU - Bourély, Clémence
AU - Broens, Els M
AU - Busani, Luca
AU - Crespo-Robledo, Paloma
AU - Filippitzi, Maria-Eleni
AU - Fitzgerald, William
AU - Kaspar, Heike
AU - Madero, Cristina Muñoz
AU - Norström, Madelaine
AU - Nykäsenoja, Suvi
AU - Pedersen, Karl
AU - Pokludova, Lucie
AU - Urdahl, Anne Margrete
AU - Vatopoulos, Alkiviadis
AU - Zafeiridis, Christos
AU - Madec, Jean-Yves
N1 - Funding Information:
Funding statement: The project EU-JAMRAI has received funding from the Health Program of the European Union (2014-2020) under grant agreement N°761296.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/1/28
Y1 - 2021/1/28
N2 - Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) should be tackled through a One Health approach, as stated in the World Health Organization Global Action Plan on AMR. We describe the landscape of AMR surveillance in the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) and underline a gap regarding veterinary medicine. Current AMR surveillance efforts are of limited help to veterinary practitioners and policymakers seeking to improve antimicrobial stewardship in animal health. We propose to establish the European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance network in Veterinary medicine (EARS-Vet) to report on the AMR situation, follow AMR trends and detect emerging AMR in selected bacterial pathogens of animals. This information could be useful to advise policymakers, explore efficacy of interventions, support antimicrobial stewardship initiatives, (re-)evaluate marketing authorisations of antimicrobials, generate epidemiological cut-off values, assess risk of zoonotic AMR transmission and evaluate the burden of AMR in animal health. EARS-Vet could be integrated with other AMR monitoring systems in the animal and medical sectors to ensure a One Health approach. Herein, we present a strategy to establish EARS-Vet as a network of national surveillance systems and highlight challenges of data harmonisation and bias. Strong political commitment at national and EU/EEA levels is required for the success of EARS-Vet.
AB - Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) should be tackled through a One Health approach, as stated in the World Health Organization Global Action Plan on AMR. We describe the landscape of AMR surveillance in the European Union/European Economic Area (EU/EEA) and underline a gap regarding veterinary medicine. Current AMR surveillance efforts are of limited help to veterinary practitioners and policymakers seeking to improve antimicrobial stewardship in animal health. We propose to establish the European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance network in Veterinary medicine (EARS-Vet) to report on the AMR situation, follow AMR trends and detect emerging AMR in selected bacterial pathogens of animals. This information could be useful to advise policymakers, explore efficacy of interventions, support antimicrobial stewardship initiatives, (re-)evaluate marketing authorisations of antimicrobials, generate epidemiological cut-off values, assess risk of zoonotic AMR transmission and evaluate the burden of AMR in animal health. EARS-Vet could be integrated with other AMR monitoring systems in the animal and medical sectors to ensure a One Health approach. Herein, we present a strategy to establish EARS-Vet as a network of national surveillance systems and highlight challenges of data harmonisation and bias. Strong political commitment at national and EU/EEA levels is required for the success of EARS-Vet.
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U2 - 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.4.2001359
DO - 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2021.26.4.2001359
M3 - Article
C2 - 33509339
SN - 1560-7917
VL - 26
SP - 1
EP - 5
JO - Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin
JF - Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin
IS - 4
ER -
