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On October 15, 2019, the Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) One-Health Network, chaired by the European Commission met in Brussels. The group meets bi-annually to present national action plans and activities, share best practices, discuss policy options and enhance coordination of all 28 EU countries, as well as Commission experts and EU agencies.

The EU Strategic Approach to fight AMR follows A European One Health Action Plan against AMR. This year’s Final overview report Measures to Tackle Antimicrobial Resistance through the Prudent Use of Antimicrobials in Animals shows encouraging positive trends in reducing the usage of antibiotics across the EU Countries after following the EU Commission’s Guidelines for the prudent use of antimicrobials in veterinary medicine.

We can expect even more improvements in the future after the implementation of the new EU Regulations on veterinary medicinal products and medicated feed, which were published in January 2019 and will apply in January 2022. These Regulations establish a wide range of concrete measures to fight AMR and to promote the prudent and responsible use of antimicrobials, including a prescription database across Europe to provide greater insights into the prescribing behavior of veterinarians. This will enable knowledge-sharing and bench-marking, as well as targeting actions at high users of antimicrobials. Furthermore, they give more insight and control over the usage of critically important antimicrobials (CIAs) such as fluoroquinolones, and 3rd and 4th generation cephalosporins.

Antimicrobial resistance is a global threat and it gathers the network of many organizations involved in human and animal health following the One Health approach.
FECAVA is also strongly committed to the fight against antimicrobial resistance. Join us in raising awareness on antibiotic resistance in companion animals on Facebook and Twitter for the 12th European Antibiotic Awareness Day, 18 November 2019 and World Antibiotic Awareness Week, 18-22 November 2019.