Antimicrobial stewardship: can we add pharmacovigilance networks to the toolbox?

European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
Jean Marie Vianney Habarugira, Albert Figueras

Abstract

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is no longer an expected upcoming threat; it has become a real public health concern, challenging all existing control tools, requiring multidisciplinary innovative solutions. Antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) programs require a set of tools and skills which can be put to service by health systems. However, there is an immense capacity gap between health systems in developed countries compared to developing ones. Systems in developed countries can rely on well-established laboratory services that can carry out microbial cultures and drug susceptibility tests. For many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) with limited laboratory resources, it will take time and long-term investments to have systems that can timely and reliably perform laboratory-based AMR monitoring. In the meantime, we must explore the possibility of using other indirect measures that can provide estimates of the growing burden of AMR in settings with weak laboratory capacity. In this point of view, we describe the potential contribution of the global pharmacovigilance (PV) networkers in the process of mapping and estimating the AMR burden in settings with less laboratory coverage and capacity, within the framework of AMS. The h...Continue Reading

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Apr 18, 2021·Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety·Jean Marie Vianney Habarugira, Albert Figueras

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