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Review
. 2016 Aug;121(3):159-64.
doi: 10.1080/03009734.2016.1195900. Epub 2016 Jul 14.

Antimicrobial resistance-a threat to the world's sustainable development

Dušan Jasovský  1 , Jasper Littmann  1 , Anna Zorzet  1 , Otto Cars  1
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Review

Antimicrobial resistance-a threat to the world's sustainable development

Dušan Jasovský et al. Ups J Med Sci. 2016 Aug.

Abstract

This commentary examines how specific sustainable development goals (SDGs) are affected by antimicrobial resistance and suggests how the issue can be better integrated into international policy processes. Moving beyond the importance of effective antibiotics for the treatment of acute infections and health care generally, we discuss how antimicrobial resistance also impacts on environmental, social, and economic targets in the SDG framework. The paper stresses the need for greater international collaboration and accountability distribution, and suggests steps towards a broader engagement of countries and United Nations agencies to foster global intersectoral action on antimicrobial resistance.

Keywords: Antibiotic resistance; antimicrobial resistance; sustainable development; sustainable development goals.

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Otto Cars, winner of the Rudbeck Award 2015, at the Medical Faculty of Uppsala University for his long-term, persevering and successful strategic work in paying attention and taking measures to the increase of antibiotic resistance.
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