Building capacities in Sub-Saharan African countries for antimicrobial resistance surveillance in the food and agriculture sectors using the FAO ATLASS tool.

ABSTRACT: FAO has developed the 'Assessment Tool for Laboratories and AMR Surveillance Systems" (FAO-ATLASS) to support the national food and agriculture sectors in describing and assessing their AMR surveillance system in a standardized manner. Between 2018 and 2024, 221 laboratories and 24 national AMR surveillance systems were assessed in 27 Sub-Saharan African countries. The assessments assigned Progressive Improvement Pathway (PIP) stages from "1-limited" to "5-sustainable," with stage "3-developed" considered sufficient for reliable AMR data production. The compilation of assessments enabled identification of common gaps that guided FAO interventions to efficiently support capacity building for AMR surveillance in Africa. The impact of the evaluations and follow-up interventions was investigat

SUBMITTER: Ouoba LII 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12621323 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature