Contents
05 Introduction Jean Carlet Government engagement – PDF Online
08 The French approach to fighting antibiotic resistance: A constant and coordinated effort since 2000
Jean Carlet, Anne-Claude Crémieux, Christian Brun-Buisson, Patrick Dehaumont, Benoit Schlemmer and Benoit Vallet PDF Online
15 “Is that all?” Very little investment needed to save US$ 100 trillion in AMR costs! An interview with Lord Jim O’Neill PDF Online
19 National strategies for the control of antimicrobial resistance: The Hellenic challenge
Flora Kontopidou PDF Online
Rational use of antibiotics
24 The global definition of responsible antibiotic use: The DRIVE-AB project
Stephan Harbarth, Benedikt Huttner and Veronica Zanichelli PDF Online
27 The global definition of responsible antibiotic use: Three highlights
Inge Gyssens and Annelie Monnier PDF Online
31 The evolution of the Global Antibiotic Resistance Partnership
Hellen Gelband PDF Online
Diagnostics
34 SPONSORED FEATURE: biomérieux
Diagnostics come of age to combat antimicrobial resistance Marie-Françoise Gros PDF Online
35 Medical value of rapid MRSA/SA screening in emergency surgery
Anne Dubouix-Bourandy PDF Online
38 SPONSORED FEATURE: Visiomed Augmented medicine for all
Fabienne Ostermeyer PDF Online
40 Diagnostic innovation for antimicrobial resistance
Rosanna W Peeling and Debrah I Boeras PDF Online
AMR and Tuberculosis
46 Gearing up to end tuberculosis: A model for tackling antimicrobial resistance?
Mario C Raviglione PDF Online
52 Kenya’s adoption of an electronic tuberculosis surveillance system
Joseph Sitienei PDF Online
Infection prevention and control
56 The role of a global hand hygiene programme in supporting infection prevention and antimicrobial resistance control
Claire Kilpatrick and Didier Pittet PDF Online
61 In the era of antimicrobial resistance, safety-engineered injection devices can decrease the burden on countries’ healthcare systems
Arshad Altaf, Selma Khamissi and Assad Hafeez PDF Online
65 The role of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in healthcare settings to reduce transmission of antimicrobial resistance
Rochelle Rainey and Merri Weinger PDF Online
69 Hospital cleaning, a key element to prevent cross-transmission and amplification of antimicrobial-resistant disease outbreaks
Sandra Malavaud PDF Online
75 Protecting patients with HIV from antimicrobial-resistant organisms
Nigel Livesley PDF Online
R&D innovation
80 Strengthening research and innovation to address the challenge of antimicrobial resistance
Soumya Swaminathan and Kamini Walia PDF Online
86 SPONSORED FEATURE: Johnson & Johnson
More shots on goal: Towards an innovation ecosystem sufficient for the fight against antimicrobial resistance
Adrian Thomas and Jaak Peeters PDF Online
89 Bacteriophage therapy: Current hurdles to successful drug development
Eric Pelfrene, Zigmars Sebris, Ana Cavaleiro Sanches and Marco Cavaleri PDF Online
92 pCure:Targeting plasmids to reduce the burden of antibiotic resistance
Alessandro M Lazdins, Claire E Miller, Mark A Webber and Christopher M Thomas PDF Online
97 Antibiotics from nature: Traditional medicine as a source of new solutions for combating antimicrobial resistance
Cassandra L Quave PDF Online
AMR and ICT
104 African countries facing AMR: The input of e-Health and digital high technology
Franck Mansour Adéoti, Hyppolite Agboton, Serge Coffié, Joseph Boguifo, Mireille Dosso, Stanislas Sansan Kambou, Patrick Ismaila Mbengue, François Teboul and Félix Boa Yapois PDF Online
AMR in food, water and the environment
110 The spread of antimicrobial resistance through the food chain and the contribution of the WHO AGISAR expert group to its control
Awa Aidara-Kane and Antoine Andremont PDF Online
116 Risk assessment and risk management of antimicrobial resistance in the environment
Ana Maria de Roda Husman and D G Joakim Larsson PDF Online
120 Antibiotics and resistance genes in wastewater treatment plants
Tong Zhang PDF Online
APPENDIX
126 World Alliance Against Antibiotic Resistance PDF Online
128 Acknowledgements
