Swedish work against antibiotic resistance – a one health approach
Levels of antibiotic use and resistance in Sweden are among the lowest of the European countries, both in the human and animal sector. Early awareness and long-term interdisciplinary and intersectoral actions are important contributors to this relatively favorable situation. Read more in the brochure describing Swedish work against antibiotic resistance from a one health perspective.
The global rise and unprecedented spread of resistance calls for continuous and intensified work. The Swedish experience is that antibiotic resistance can be tackled more efficiently if all levels of society work together towards a common goal.
This brochure is published by the agencies and organisations included in the Intersectoral Coordinating Mechanism, ICM. The ICM engages governmental agencies and organisations working in human health, animal health, food, environment, research, trade and civil contingency planning and is jointly run by the Public Health Agency of Sweden and the Swedish Board of Agriculture.
Swedish work against antibiotic resistance – a One Health approach
Further reading about Swedish work against antibiotic resistance
- Swedish work against antibiotic resistance – a one health approach
- Swedish strategy to combat antibiotic resistance. Government Offices of Sweden [Länk borttagen 2023-03-14]
- The intersectoral coordinating mechanism against antibiotic resistance
Monitoring
Human Health
- Lessons learnt during 20 years of the Swedish strategic programme against antibiotic resistance (nih.gov)
- Availability of antibiotics - The Public Health Agency of Sweden
- Future costs of antibiotic resistance. Final reporting of Government commission on direct and indirect costs and consequences of antibiotic resistance in Swedish health care. Public Health Agency of Sweden, 2018.
Animal Health and food
- "The Swedish experience" - a summary on the Swedish efforts towards a low and and prudent use of antibiotics in animal production
- Biosecurity programme for farm animals, in Swedish (smittsakra.se)
Research
- The Swedish National Research Programme on Antibiotic Resistance (vr.se)
- JPIAMR, Joint Programming Initiative on Antimicrobial Resistance (jpiamr.eu)
Environment
Platforms and collaborations
- Antibiotic Smart Sweden - a whole-of-society approach
- ENABLE-2 - an antibacterial drug discovery platform with focus on the early stages of antibiotic discovery and development (uu.se)
- PLATINEA - A multisectorial collaboration platform to preserve and enhance the value of existing antibiotics (uu.se)
- Best practices to fight antimicrobial resistance | International Coalition of Medicines Regulatory Authorities (ICMRA) (vr.se)