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Unnecessary and inappropriate use of antibiotics in human healthcare is a major driver for the development and spread of antimicrobial resistance; many countries are implementing measures to limit the overuse and misuse of antibiotics e.g. through the establishment of antimicrobial use reduction targets. We performed a review of antimicrobial use reduction goals in human medicine in Transatlantic Taskforce on Antimicrobial Resistance partner countries. On 31 March 2017, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control sent a questionnaire to National Focal Points for Antimicrobial Consumption and the National Focal Points for Antimicrobial Resistance in 28 European Union countries, Iceland and Norway. The same questionnaire was sent to the TATFAR implementers in Canada and the United States. Thirty of 32 countries replied. Only nine countries indicated that they have established targets to reduce antimicrobial use in humans. Twenty-one countries replied that no target had been established. However, 17 of these 21 countries indicated that work to establish such targets is currently underway, often in the context of developing a national action plan against antimicrobial resistance. The reported targets varied greatly between countries and can be a useful resource for countries willing to engage in the reduction of antibiotic use in humans.

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Targets for the reduction of antibiotic use in humans in the Transatlantic Taskforce on Antimicrobial Resistance (TATFAR) partner countries
<p class="citation"> <span>Citation style for this article:</span> <span class="meta-value authors"> <a href="/search?value1=Fabio+D%E2%80%99Atri&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">D’Atri Fabio</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Jacqueline+Arthur&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Arthur Jacqueline</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Hege+Salvesen+Blix&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Blix Hege Salvesen</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Lauri+A+Hicks&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Hicks Lauri A</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Diamantis+Plachouras&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Plachouras Diamantis</a>, <a href="/search?value1=Dominique+L+Monnet&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">Monnet Dominique L</a>, <a href="/search?value1=the+European+Survey+on+Transatlantic+Task+Force+on+Antimicrobial+Resistance+%28TATFAR%29+action+1.2+group&option1=author&noRedirect=true" class="nonDisambigAuthorLink">the European Survey on Transatlantic Task Force on Antimicrobial Resistance (TATFAR) action 1.2 group</a></span>. Targets for the reduction of antibiotic use in humans in the Transatlantic Taskforce on Antimicrobial Resistance (TATFAR) partner countries. <a href="/content/ecdc">Euro Surveill.</a> 2019;24(28):pii=1800339. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2019.24.28.1800339" title="doi link" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2019.24.28.1800339</a> <span class="ES_Article_citation"> <span class="generated">Received</span>: 25 Jun 2018;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class="generated">Accepted</span>: 20 May 2019 </span> </p>
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