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Ireland’s first one health report on antimicrobial use and antimicrobial resistance
O'Sullivan, Margaret Burns, Karen Slowey, Rosemarie Byrne, William Sammin, Donal
O'Sullivan, Margaret
Burns, Karen
Slowey, Rosemarie
Byrne, William
Sammin, Donal
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Margaret O'Sullivan, Karen Burns, Rosemarie Slowey, William Byrne, Donal Sammin, 'Ireland’s first one health report on antimicrobial use and antimicrobial resistance', [report], Department of Health, 2019-01
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Antimicrobials are medicines, mostly antibiotics, used to treat and prevent bacterial infections or disease
in humans and animals. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) occurs when antimicrobials that were previously
effective are no longer so. AMR is an urgent and growing problem worldwide, mainly due to antimicrobial
overuse.
A One Health approach is needed to tackle the problem. Human, animal and environmental health is
interconnected. The human health, agriculture and environment sectors must work together.
This One Health AMR Surveillance Report is Ireland’s first cross-sectoral report on antimicrobial use
(AMU) and AMR in humans and animals.
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2019-01
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Department of Health