E-DRUG: Antibiotic resistance - report from the Uppsala health summit 2015
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[In Uppsala, Sweden annual summits
http://www.uppsalahealthsummit.se/
on health issues take place, this year the topic was antibiotic resistance. The
conclusions and recommendations from the conference are posted below,
including link to the full report. Please note that this is a sponsored
event, main sponsor being the pharmaceutical industry. KM]
Conference report points the way in the fight against antibiotic resistance
2015-10-09
Conclusions and recommendations from the Uppsala Health Summit conference:
A World without Antibiotics
http://uppsalahealthsummit.uu.se/digitalAssets/444/444996_1uhs-post-conferen
ce-2015.pdf
The aim of Uppsala Health Summit, this summers international summit about
antibiotic resistance, was to make real progress in combatting this threat
to public health. The conclusions have now been presented in a report which
provides policy makers and medical professionals with a number of concrete
recommendations.
We believe that we were able to ground the discussion in concrete issues,
and in our report we chose to present measures which various actors can
implement or develop further, says Thomas Tängdén, chairman of the
programme committee.
Antibiotic resistance is a serious threat to public health. Dealing with it
requires co-operation between many different actors on a global level. In
June 2015, around 200 experts and decision-makers from all over the world
met at Uppsala Health Summit to discuss how to face the challenge together.
The week before the meeting, the WHO member states had adopted a global
action plan which was used as the starting point for the discussions.
The report and its conclusions summarise the most important issues to deal
with and give practical expression to a number of concrete proposals for
action. It also includes summaries of the in-depth discussions which led to
the proposals.
The overall conclusions of the report:
Governments and international organisations must increase their
involvement and display strong leadership in order to make clear what the
threats are and present possible solutions.
Many target groups still lack clear insight into the threats we face.
Information and education should therefore be given top priority.
Too many of the involved actors depend on selling antibiotics for their
incomes.
Trade agreements and regulations for public procurement are examples of
tools which governments and international organisations can start using
immediately to encourage rational use of antibiotics.
Rational use also means access to diagnostics, efficient antibiotics and
data on resistance, which poses a challenge, particularly in developing
countries.
Research efforts to develop new antibiotics need to be intensified.
More analyses of present and future consequences of antibiotics resistance
are needed, as well as the costs not only of implementing the proposed
measures but also of inaction.
Effective co-ordination and communication of the various projects underway
in antibiotic resistance is important.
We hope that the report will provide inspiration and support for the
continued efforts at various levels. Some of the proposals need financing,
others need the will and courage to make decisions, Thomas Tängdén says.
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Uppsala Health Summit is an international arena for dialogue between
selected decision-makers, experts and opinion builders, to develop concrete
proposals to meet health challenges globally, by implementing knowledge,
research results and innovation.
Uppsala Health Summit is a collaboration led by Uppsala University,
including the Swedish University of Agricultural Science, Uppsala County
council, the Medical Products Agency, the National Veterinary Institute,
VINNOVA- the Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems, the City of
Uppsala and the network Worldclass Uppsala.
For further information:
Thomas Tängdén, chairman of the programme committee, tel: +46 70 837 03 23
Madeleine Neil, project leader Uppsala Health Summit, tel: +46 70 425 08 91
Related material:
Uppsala Health Summit Pre-Conference Report
Background information on resistance problems to be taken up at the Uppsala
Health Summit conference: A World without Antibiotics
http://uppsalahealthsummit.uu.se/digitalAssets/448/448326_1uhs-pre-conf-report-2015.pdf
Press releases (in Swedish):
http://www.uu.se/press/pressmeddelanden/pressmeddelande-visning/?id=2622&are
a=3,8&typ=pm&lang=sv
Ms Kirsten Myhr, MScPharm, MPH
Pharmaceutical advisor
myhr[at]online.no
"Kirsten Myhr" <myhr@online.no>