This Philippine Action Plan to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR): One Health Approach is divided into 4 Chapters, as follows: 1. The Emergence of Antimicrobial Resistance (Phenomenon of Drug Resistance; Global Problem of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR); Health and Economic Burden of AMR; AMR Strategies at the Global and National Levels); 2. The Threat of Antimicrobial Resistance in the Philippines (Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Program 2014 Annual Report; AMR in Animal Health); 3. The Interagency Committee on Antimicrobial Resistance (ICAMR): Roles and Mandate; 4. The Philippine Action Plan to Combat AMR: One Health Approach is divided into 7 Key Strategies as follows: 1. Commit to a comprehensive, financed national plan with accountability and civic society engagement; 2. Strengthen surveillance and laboratory capacity; 3. Ensure uninterrupted access to essential medicines of assured quality; 4. Regulate and promote rational use of medicines, including in animal husbandry and ensure proper patient care; 5. Enhance infection prevention and control across all settings; 6. Foster innovations, research, and development; 7. Development of a Risk Communication Plan to combat AMR. The use of antimicrobials in animals is essential to combat economically important animal diseases, thus, contributing to the general animal welfare and livestock trade. Alongside with this, it is important that prudent and judicious use of antimicrobials in animals must be put into practice in order not to pose a risk of developing antimicrobial resistance and emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria both in the primary animal production and post-harvest of animal products such as, meat from livestock, poultry and fish, eggs and milk. The resistant bacteria may contaminate the food that come from those animals and may cause the development of antibiotic-resistant infections to those individual who consume this foodstuff. Chapters 4 specifies that the complex issue on AMR warrants a multi-sectoral intervention not only to contain the increasing drug resistance of bacterial pathogens as provided by the ARSP data, but more importantly, to assure the safety of both humans and animals in the country. The “Philippine Action Plan to Combat AMR” serves as the country roadmap towards containing, controlling and preventing AMR which provides an intervention strategy in order to facilitate the mechanisms of combating the growing problem of AMR as one nation through political commitment and leadership, institutionalizing integrated surveillance systems, regulating access to quality antimicrobials, rational use of antimicrobials, establishing measures to prevent and control further spread of AMR, and strengthening research and development initiatives. This comprehensive plan emphasizes the “One Health Approach” as it recognizes that the causation of AMR is inter-related and inter-sectoral thereby requiring collaborative multidisciplinary work at local, national, and global levels to attain optimal health for humans, animals and the environment.
菲律宾 · 2014-01-01