A systematic approach toward progressive improvement of national antimicrobial resistance surveillance systems in food and agriculture sectors.

ABSTRACT: The first Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Action Plan on antimicrobial resistance (AMR), published in 2016, identified the need to develop capacity for AMR surveillance and monitoring in food and agriculture sectors. As part of this effort, FAO has developed the "Assessment Tool for Laboratories and AMR Surveillance Systems" (FAO-ATLASS) to assist countries in systematically assessing their AMR surveillance system in food and agriculture. FAO-ATLASS includes two different modules for surveillance and laboratory assessment. Each module includes two questionnaires that collect either qualitative or semi-quantitative data to describe and score the performance of national AMR surveillance system data production network, data collection and analysis, governance, co

SUBMITTER: Keck N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9941986 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature