Progress made in digitalizing antimicrobial resistance surveillance in a One Health approach in Kenya.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major threat to global public health, affecting human and animal health, agriculture, food safety, and the environment. The control of AMR is often challenging, particularly when data are scanty or siloed in individual sectors. To develop evidence-based control policies for AMR, an electronic information system that integrates AMR data from various sectors, in a One Health approach, is critical.

Methodology

Acknowledging the interconnectedness of AMR in humans, animals, and the environment and the need to assess the AMR burden using a One Health approach, Kenya's National Antimicrobial Stewardship Interagency Committee (NASIC), with support from FIND, integrated human and animal health AMR data at the national AMR data repositor

SUBMITTER: Chuchu VM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11491712 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature