Initiatives for addressing antimicrobial resistance in the environment : executive summary

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• Corporate Authors:
  Wellcome Trust. ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) ; UK Science & Innovation Network.
• Description:
  This executive summary highlights key themes from a scientific white paper and discussion at the International Environmental Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Forum, a meeting hosted by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.K. Science and Innovation Network, and the Wellcome Trust in April 2018.
  
  This meeting gathered international technical experts, government officials, and other key stakeholders to outline the current knowledge of how resistant microbes and antimicrobials from multiple sources— human and animal waste, antimicrobial manufacturing, and the use of antimicrobials as pesticides—contribute to the presence of resistant microbes and antimicrobials in the environment, the potential impact of the affected environment on human health, and potential next steps to address the risks posed.
  
  This executive summary is supported by the scientific white paper Initiatives for Addressing Antimicrobial Resistance in the Environment: Current Situation and Challenges, which was drafted by experts in this field and published alongside this executive summary in 2018, available online at: https://wellcome.ac.uk/sites/default /files/antimicrobial-resistance -environment-report.pdf
  
  Suggested citation for this executive summary: Initiatives for Addressing Antimicrobial Resistance in the Environment: Executive Summary. 2018. https://wellcome.ac.uk/sites/default/ files/antimicrobial-resistance- environment-summary.pdf
  
  antimicrobial-resistance-environment-summary.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Anti-Bacterial Agents Bacteria/drug Effects Bacterial Infections/epidemiology Bacterial Infections/microbiology Bacterial Infections/veterinary Drug Resistance, Bacterial Drug Utilization/standards
• Document Type:
  Report
• Genre:
  Conference Publications
• Pages in Document:
  12 numbered pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:3f0df273531299178387891ff413a3089dd638a492d6df57bbb6ed41b55483d2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/61375/cdc_61375_DS1.pdf
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