The misuse of antibiotics in farmed animals is on the radar of EU citizens across countries and sociodemographic groups. There is high awareness and it’s perceived as quite risky for food safety, especially among those responsive to risk communication. This provides a good basis for the effectiv...
It is 2040. Communicable Diseases (viral infections as well as biotic diseases) that reduce the quality of life of people and cause huge economic losses are being defeated. The number of people dying from Communicable Diseases is steadily decreasing. New approaches, including replacing antibioti...
The emergence and spread of highly-resistant bacteria, especially those resistant to ‘last-line’ antibiotics, such as carbapenems and colistin, is a grave public health concern and a threat to patient safety and economies in Europe and globally. When last-line antibiotics are no longer effective...
Antimicrobials, such as antibiotics, are essential in human and veterinary medicine to treat infections caused by bacteria. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is resistance of a bacterium to an antimicrobial to which it was previously sensitive....
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing threat to global health. The EU follows a ‘One Health’ approach to the problem, considering veterinary, human health, and environmental issues. We examined how the Commission and relevant EU agencies managed their support to Member States and the EU fu...
The results presented in this report are based on antimicrobial resistance data from invasive isolates reported to EARS-Net by 30 European Union (EU) and European Economic Area (EEA) countries in 2017 (data referring to 2016), and on trend analyses of data reported by the participating countries...
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is the ability of microorganisms to resist antimicrobial treatments, especially antibiotics. Excessive and inappropriate use of antimicrobial medicines and poor infection control practices have transformed AMR into a serious threat to public health worldwide. If tr...
