Antimicrobial
resistance (AMR) is a pressing
global public health threat. In November 2017, the National
Strategic Action Plan (NSAP) on AMR was jointly formulated by the former Agri-Food &
Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA); the Ministry of Health (MOH); the National
Environment Agency (NEA); and PUB, Singapore’s National Water Agency. The plan
provides a roadmap of existing gaps and priorities for intervention, and sets a
framework for the national response to AMR across the human, animal, food and
environmental sectors.
The NSAP aims to strengthen multi-sectorial efforts to combat AMR across
five core strategies: (1) Education; (2) Surveillance and Risk Assessment; (3)
Research; (4) Prevention and Control of Infection; and (5) Optimisation of
Antimicrobial Use.
The Antimicrobial Resistance Coordinating Office (AMRCO) was established
in August 2018, to oversee the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the
NSAP on AMR. AMRCO also provides secretariat support to the National
Antimicrobial Resistance Control Committee (NARCC) and its expert panels, and to
the One Health Antimicrobial Resistance Workgroup (OH
AMR WG).
Today, AMRCO works with the human, animal, food and environmental
sectors and other key strategic partners to drive progress in reducing the
emergence and prevent the spread of resistant organisms
under each core strategy.
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