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Acronyms
AMR – antimicrobial resistance
CDC – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
DG RTD – Directorate-General for Research and Innovation
DG SANTE – Directorate-General for Health and Consumers
ECDC – European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
EFSA – European Food Safety Authority
EMA – European Medicines Agency
EU – European Union
FDA – Food and Drug Administration
NIAID – National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
US – United States
TATFAR Reports and Publications
- Targets for Reduction of Antibiotic Use in Humans in the Transatlantic Taskforce on Antimicrobial Resistance (TATFAR) Partner Countriesexternal icon
- Using Available Data Sources at the Country Level to Track Antibiotic Use pdf icon[PDF – 10 pages]
- 2018 TATFAR meeting opening session
- 2017 Pull Incentives for Antibacterial Drug Development: An Analysis by the TATFARexternal icon
- 2016 Economic Incentives for Antibacterial Drug Development: Literature Review and Considerations from the TATFARexternal icon
- 2016 Economic Incentives for Antimicrobial Therapy Development: Summary from the TATFAR pdf icon[PDF – 28 pages] (Full Report) 2016 Report on Recommendation 18 pdf icon[PDF – 33 pages]
- 2015 Report on the modified Delphi process for common structure and process indicators for hospital antimicrobial stewardship programs pdf icon[PDF – 1.7 MB]
- 2014 TATFAR Progress report pdf icon[ PDF – 86 pages ]
- 2011 TATFAR Report pdf icon[ PDF – 47 pages ]
- 2011 EU-U.S. Workshop Report pdf icon[ PDF – 13 pages ]
- 2009 EU-U.S. Summit Declaration pdf icon[ PDF – 6 pages ]
Key Publications
Antibiotic Resistance Action Plans
- Norwegian National Strategy Against Antibiotic Resistance 2015-2020external icon
- Tackling Antimicrobial Resistance and Antimicrobial Use: A Pan-Canadian Framework for Actionexternal icon
- A European One Health Action Plan against Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) pdf icon[PDF – 24 pages]external icon
- United States National Action Plan for Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria pdf icon[PDF – 63 pages]
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Initiatives for Addressing Antimicrobial Resistance in the Environment are two corresponding reports published in 2018 providing an overview of the current evidence base and ongoing knowledge gaps around antibiotic resistant in the environment (e.g., water, soil) and the potential effect on human health.
- Antibiotic Use in the United States, 2017: Progress and Opportunities
- Antibiotic Resistant Threats in the United States, CDC, 2013 pdf icon[PDF – 114 pages]
European Commission
- Research, Innovation, and Policy: An Alliance Combating AMR, 2019external icon
- A European One Health Action Plan against Antimicrobial Resistance, 2017 pdf icon[PDF – 24 pages]external icon
- Progress report on the Action plan against the rising threats from Antimicrobial
Resistance, 2015 pdf icon[PDF – 47 pages]external icon - Action plan against the rising threats from Antimicrobial Resistance, 2011 pdf icon[PDF – 17 pages]external icon
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
- ECDC/EFSA/EMA second joint report on the integrated analysis of the consumption of antimicrobial agents and occurrence of antimicrobial resistance in bacteria from humans and food-producing animals, 2017 pdf icon[PDF – 135 pages]external icon
- ECDC/EFSA/EMA first joint report on the integrated analysis of the consumption of antimicrobial agents and occurrence of antimicrobial resistance in bacteria from humans and food-producing animals, 2015 pdf icon[PDF – 114 pages]external icon
- Antimicrobial Resistance in Europe, ECDC, 2011 pdf icon[PDF- 208 pages]external icon
- The Bacterial Challenge: Time to React, ECDC, 2009 pdf icon[PDF-54 pages]external icon
European Food Safety Authority
- INNUENDO: A Cross‐sectoral Platform for the Integration of Genomics in the Surveillance of Food‐borne Pathogens (2018)external icon
- Final Report Of ENGAGE ‐ Establishing Next Generation Sequencing Ability for Genomic Analysis in Europe (2018)external icon
- Outcome of EC/EFSA Questionnaire on use of Whole Genome Sequencing for Food‐ and Waterborne Pathogens Isolated from Animals, Food, Feed, and Related Environmental Samples (2018)external icon
- Comparative Genomics of Quinolone‐resistant and Susceptible Campylobacter Jejuni of Poultry Origin from major Poultry Producing European Countries (2018)external icon
- The EU Summary Report on AMR in Zoonotic and Indicator Bacteria from Humans, Animals, and Food in 2016external icon
- The EU Summary Report on AMR in Zoonotic and Indicator Bacteria from Humans, Animals, and Food in 2015external icon
- The EU Summary Report on AMR In Zoonotic and Indicator Bacteria from Humans, Animals, and Food in 2014external icon
- The EU Summary Report on AMR in Zoonotic Indicator Bacteria from Humans, Animals, and Food in 2013 pdf icon[PDF – 178 Pages]external icon
- ECDC, EFSA, EMA Joint Scientific Opinion on a List of Outcome Indicators as Regards Surveillance of AMR and Antimicrobial Consumption in Humans and Food-producing Animals (2017)external icon
- ECDC, EFSA, EMA Second Joint Report on the Integrated Analysis of the Consumption of Antimicrobial Agents and Occurrence of AMR in Bacteria from Humans and Food-producing Animals (2017)external icon
- Risk for the Development of AMR due to Feeding of Calves with Milk Containing Residues of Antibiotics (2017)external icon
- EMA, EFSA Joint Scientific Opinion on Measures to Reduce the need to use Antimicrobial Agents in Animal Husbandry in the European Union, and the Resulting Impacts on Food Safety (2016)external icon
- Fact Sheet on AMR pdf icon[PDF – 2 Pages]external icon
European Medicines Agency
The EMA released the following documents for public consultation:
- Provide comments by April 30, 2019: Answer to the Request from the European Commission for Updating the Scientific Advice on the Impact on Public Health and Animal Health of the use of Antibiotics in Animals – Categorisation of Antimicrobials pdf icon[PDF – 67 pages]external icon
- Provide comments by August 31, 2019: AMR in the Environment: Considerations for Current and Future Risk Assessment of Veterinary Medicinal Productsexternal icon
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
TATFAR Member Antimicrobial Resistance Sites
- European Commission-DG SANTEexternal icon
- European Commission-DG RTD external icon
- CDC
- European CDCexternal icon
- European Medicines Agencyexternal icon
- European Food Safety Authorityexternal icon
- National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseasesexternal icon
- U.S. Food and Drug Administrationexternal icon
Antimicrobial Resistance Funding
Find funding opportunities related to AMR on the agency or organization website, or reach out to a contact listed for more information.
| Website with Funding Opportunities | Contact |
|---|---|
| Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authorityexternal icon | Mark Albrecht, Mark.Albrecht@hhs.gov |
| Canadian Institutes of Health Researchexternal icon | |
| CARB-Xexternal icon | |
| CDC | Jean Patel, vzp4@cdc.gov or Kaytna Thaker, xxb4@cdc.gov |
| European Commission-DG RTDexternal icon | Arjon Van-Hengel, Adrianus.VAN-HENGEL@ec.europa.eu |
| Horizon 2020external icon | January, annually |
| Innovative Medicines Initiativeexternal icon | |
| Joint Programming Initiative on AMRexternal icon | |
| National Institute of Healthexternal icon | Jane Knisely, Jane.Knisely@nih.gov |
| U.S. Department of Agricultureexternal icon |
Page last reviewed: August 12, 2019