A One Health Approach to Antimicrobial Resistance, 2nd Edition
A special issue of Antibiotics (ISSN 2079-6382).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2025 | Viewed by 631
Special Issue Editor
Interests: One Health; education; antibiotics; microbiology
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Dear Colleagues,
We have published a successful Special Issue titled “A One Health Approach to Antimicrobial Resistance”. This result encouraged us to pursue a second edition on the same topic.
To address the problem of antibiotic resistance, we have thought of six strategic or action lines, based on the One Health concept, which recognizes that human health, animal health, and the environment are intertwined. This strategy is necessary because isolated efforts of different sectors are not sufficient to tackle the problem of resistance. The contribution of health and environmental professionals in the different work areas is a key element.
SURVEILLANCE of the use of antibiotics as a fundamental pillar in the fight against resistance, since it allows us to know prescription habits and behaviors related to the consumption of antibiotics.
CONTROL of resistance diffusion to antibiotics to design and disseminate tools that facilitate the promotion of good practices for their use in health, at home, among animals, and in the environment.
PREVENTION of disease to reduce the need for antibiotics. In this context, strategies for improvements in hygiene measures, the development of susceptibility tests and rapid diagnostic methods, as well as the development of standards to reduce the risk of infection and transmission of resistant organisms in different settings, are key.
INVESTIGATION of the channels of antimicrobial resistance and the search for antimicrobial alternatives.
TRAINING of healthcare professionals at all stages of their professional lives to improve their knowledge on the prudent use of antibiotics and infection prevention.
COMMUNICATION aimed at the general public and specific population groups to make everyone aware of the problem of antibiotic resistance and contribute to the prudent use of antibiotics.
This second edition still seeks manuscript submissions that further our understanding of antimicrobial resistance from a One Health approach.
You are welcome to read the published papers in the first Special Issue: A One Health Approach to Antimicrobial Resistance
Dr. Beatriz Robredo
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- One Health
- antibiotic
- antimicrobial resistance
- animal
- food
- environment
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