Global Antimicrobial Resistance and Use Surveillance System on the African continent: Early implementation 2017-2019.

Barbara Tornimbene Sergey Eremin Reuben Abednego Elamin O Abualas Ilhem Boutiba-Ben Boubaker Abiodun Egwuenu Walter Fuller Laetitia Gahimbare Susan Githii Watipaso Kasambara Chileshe Lukwesa-Musyani Fidy A Miamina Sekesai Mtapuri-Zinyowera Grace Najjuka Olga Perovic Bassem Zayed Yahaya A Ahmed Maha T Ismail Carmem L Pessoa da Silva

Published in: African journal of laboratory medicine (2022)

Despite the limitations, more and more countries in the African continent are working towards reaching a status that will enable them to report AMR data in a complete and systematic manner. Future improvements involve the expansion of routine surveillance capacity for several countries and the implementation of surveys that allow to effectively define the magnitude of AMR in the continent.

Keyphrases

antimicrobial resistance
primary care
public health
healthcare
quality improvement
electronic health record
cross sectional
clinical practice
big data
machine learning