This Strategy and Action Plan for antimicrobial resistance of the Republic of Kosovo for the planned period from the year 2011 until the year 2015 contains a series of fields of action aimed to have an impact on limiting occurrence and spread of antimicrobial resistance. The Strategy and Action Plan include a total of seven action areas with related programmed activities: 1. Antimicrobial resistance supervision and antibiotic use; 2. Proper use of antimicrobials in clinical practice (also awareness and education of the general population and workers); 3. Proper use of animicrobials in the veterinary sector; 4. Control of community infections and health institutions; 5. Information technology; 6. Scientific research; 7. International cooperation. The basic goals of this antimicrobial resistance (or AMR) strategy are: Reduction of morbidity and mortality from infections caused by microbes resistant to antimicrobial therapy; Maintaining the efficiency of antimicrobial action on treatment and preventing microbial infections in humans and animals; Other objectives of the current strategy and the action plan are: Government advocacy and cross -sectoral coordination in resistance control antimicrobial; Determining the role, duties and responsibilities of all actors in control and preventing antimicrobial resistance in accordance with time frame of plan applicability; Improvement and expansion of surveillance systems of use of antimicrobials and resistance to the same; raising awareness of antimicrobial users and descriptors; Control of community infections and health institutions; Use of information technology in the foreseen operational structure; Pushing and supporting scientific research; Promoting regional and international cooperation in the fight against AMR.
Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) · 2011-01-01