Antimicrobial resistance and One Health

Abstract

Antimicrobial resistance is one of the major health problems we face in the 21st century. Nowadays we cannot understand global health without the interdependence between the human, animal and environmental dimensions. It is therefore logical to adopt a “One Health” approach to address this problem. In this review we show why a collaboration of all sectors and all professions is necessary in order to achieve optimal health for people, animals, plants and our environment.

Antimicrobial Resistance and Virulence Potential of Bacterial Species from Captive Birds of Prey—Consequences of Falconry for Public Health

“…Antimicrobial resistance constitutes a serious global problem with a major impact on public health, as the use of these compounds is crucial to the safeguarding of both human and animal health. It is considered a critical global threat by the World Health Organization that could kill up to ten million people by 2050 [ 18 ], making it vital to tackle this problem by adopting a One Health perspective worldwide. One of the measures that must be applied is the promotion of antibiotic stewardship in the three One Health settings, which has as its main challenges the limited motivation and information of not only health personnel but also the community, the improper use of antibiotics, and insufficient or inadequate establishment of regulatory and monitoring measures in many countries [ 19 ].…”

Using a Stakeholder Analysis to Implement the Belgian One Health National Report for Antimicrobial Use and Resistance

“…By fostering collaboration among experts in human medicine, veterinary medicine, and the environment, the OH approach in tackling AMR can create a synergistic, integrated, and mutually beneficial system. This system can better understand and manage these health threats which transcends the human-animal-environment interface [3][4][5].…”

Trends of Antibacterial Interactions in Multidrug – Resistant Isolates: Exploring Resistance Phenotypes in the Ndé Division, West-Cameroon

“…Detected for the first time in the 1945s, bacterial resistance to antibiotics has become one the major challenges for all health systems across the globe with permanent impact exacerbation. In fact, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) emerged as a serious threat to human health, animal health and environmental health a few decades ago [1][2][3][4][5]. Steady growth of tolerance to antibiotics reflects the great ability known in prokaryotes in general, owing to their cellular organization, their diversity and phylogenetic relatedness that contribute to genome flexibility and fitness [2].…”

“…In fact, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) emerged as a serious threat to human health, animal health and environmental health a few decades ago [1][2][3][4][5]. Steady growth of tolerance to antibiotics reflects the great ability known in prokaryotes in general, owing to their cellular organization, their diversity and phylogenetic relatedness that contribute to genome flexibility and fitness [2]. These enabling characteristics are further potentiated by the role of mobile genetic elements from which genes composition can hardly be predicted with diverse conducive environmental variables that cannot be accurately assessed.…”