Editorial: Combating Antimicrobial Resistance - A One Health Approach

World Health Day 2011: combating antimicrobial resistance.

CIPARS: A One-Health Approach to Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance

1Laboratory for Foodborne Zoonoses, Public Health Agency of Canada, Guelph, ON, Canada; 2Laboratory for Foodborne Zoonoses, Public Health Agency of Canada, St Hyacinthe, QC, Canada; 3Centre for Foodborne, Environmental, and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Public Health Agency of Canada, Guelph, ON, Canada; 4Laboratory for Foodborne Zoonoses, Public Health Agency of Canada, Saskatoon, SK, Canada; ...

Combating antimicrobial resistance: antimicrobial stewardship program in Taiwan.

Multi-drug-resistant organisms are increasingly recognized as a global public health issue. Healthcare-associated infection and antimicrobial resistance are also current challenges to the treatment of infectious diseases in Taiwan. Government health policies and the health care systems play a crucial role in determining the efficacy of interventions to contain antimicrobial resistance. National...

Editorial: Antimicrobial resistance in Australia

This supplement of Communicable Diseases Intelligence contains articles describing various aspects of the problem of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Australia. Three years ago, the Joint Expert Committee on Antibiotic Resistance (JETACAR) released a landmark report entitled The use of antibiotics in food-producing animals: antibiotic-resistant bacteria in animals and humans. This report revie...

Combating editorial racism

I was delighted to see the editorial on ‘Combating editorial racism in psychiatric publications’ (Tyrer, 2005). You liken this to those from the world’s poorest countries always playing uphill and into a howling gale. How about taking away their football boots! I applaud Professor Tyrer for addressing this problem and want to reciprocate with this contribution. Black and minority ethnic groups ...