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Monitoring of Antimicrobial Use (AMU) and Antimicrobial Consumption (AMC) in animals, in conjunction with surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), provides essential information to empower veterinary services in their assessment and management of risks related to AMR in animal health and beyond. Monitoring of antimicrobial use is critical to understand possible areas of risk for the development of resistance. Therefore, AMU data is a crucial asset that creates value on various possible aspects at the global, regional and country level. Moreover, it links with the Fourth Objective in the Global Action Plan on AMR: “Optimize the use of antimicrobial medicines in human and animal health”.
The World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) has been collecting data on the amounts and reasons for antimicrobial use in animals since 2015. This information is an essential asset to reduce the overuse and misuse of antimicrobials and to curb the spread of AMR. ANIMUSE is an interactive and automated database that allows countries to report, access, analyze and communicate data on antimicrobials intended for use in animals to different stakeholders. Ultimately, it aims to improve practices of the Veterinary and Aquatic Animal Health Services about antimicrobial use.
In Bangladesh, the Directorate General of Drug Administration (DGDA) under the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare is the national drug regulatory authority including Veterinary Medicinal Products (VMPs). The Department of Livestock Services (DLS) is a member of the DGDA veterinary medicine working group. Due to weak coordination between DGDA, DLS and the private sector, there is little or no AMU monitoring plan in animals.
Therefore, it is imperative to collect sales data of antimicrobial agents from two important sources such as domestic producers and importers. Considering these issues, the Department of Livestock Services (DLS), Bangladesh with the technical and financial assistance of WOAH, organised a workshop with the active participation of the public and private sector participants.
This workshop was a follow-up from a previous “One Health Workshop on Monitoring of the Usage Patterns of Antimicrobial Agents Used in Animals” held in Dhaka in July 2019, and was made possible with funding from the AMR Multi-partner Trust Fund project.
Date: 25 June 2024
Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh
Registration: Around 60 participants attended the workshop
