Antibiomicrobial Usage (AMU) Monitoring (and Surveillance) Systems and Stewardship of Antimicrobials in Animal Health: Methodologies and Considerations
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal System and Management".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 December 2021) | Viewed by 646
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue is dedicated to the methodologies and other considerations needed to succeed in the development and implementation of a monitoring or surveillance system on the use of antibiotics in animal health that will be acceptable and adopted by stakeholders and facilitate their engagement.
In 2005, the World Health Organization (WHO) presented a Global Plan to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance and member countries committed to developing a national multisectoral plan of action within the following years. Many countries have developed antimicrobial usage (AMU) monitoring programs and others are currently in this process.
There are many challenges with the voluntary sharing of antibiotics data and the valorization and maximization of the benefits related to the mandatory system. In the era of big data, animal health sectors face many challenges concerning stakeholders’ acceptance and participation, data valorization, and the maximization of benefits sharing across and within sectors and stakeholders.
Several technical and ethico-legal aspects need to be considered in order to implement a permanent AMU monitoring program for all animal health sectors successfully. This Special Issue is inviting authors to present specific methodological considerations on the following subjects to support and facilitate the implementation of such programs: consultation process with stakeholders, creation of a centralized and interoperable database, data governance, infrastructure security, normative aspects, data ownership and confidentiality, data sharing consents, participation incentives, development and selection of data indicators, production and communication of information for the public and the animal health sectors, and program funding.
Successful stories and lessons learned on methodologies and other considerations used to implement AMU monitoring and surveillance programs will help countries develop and establish new programs or improve existing ones to make local systems more efficient over time.
Prof. Dr. Luc DesCôteaux
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- antimicrobial usage (AMU)
- monitoring system
- methodology
- consultation process
- data governance
- incentives
- normative aspects
- indicator selection
- program funding
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