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Antimicrobial resistance control efforts in Africa: a survey of the role of Civil Society Organisations

Background: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing public health threat in Africa. AMR prevention and control requires coordination across multiple sectors of government and civil society partners. Objectives: To assess the current role, needs, and capacities of CSOs working in AMR in Africa. M...

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Autores principales: Fraser, Jessica L., Alimi, Yewande H., Varma, Jay K., Muraya, Tracie, Kujinga, Tapiwanashe, Carter, Vanessa K., Schultsz, Constance, Del Rio Vilas, Victor J.
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Publicado: Taylor & Francis 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7833050/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33475046
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2020.1868055
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author Fraser, Jessica L.
Alimi, Yewande H.
Varma, Jay K.
Muraya, Tracie
Kujinga, Tapiwanashe
Carter, Vanessa K.
Schultsz, Constance
Del Rio Vilas, Victor J.
author_facet Fraser, Jessica L.
Alimi, Yewande H.
Varma, Jay K.
Muraya, Tracie
Kujinga, Tapiwanashe
Carter, Vanessa K.
Schultsz, Constance
Del Rio Vilas, Victor J.
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description Background: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing public health threat in Africa. AMR prevention and control requires coordination across multiple sectors of government and civil society partners. Objectives: To assess the current role, needs, and capacities of CSOs working in AMR in Africa. Methods: We conducted an online survey of 35 CSOs working in 37 countries across Africa. The survey asked about priorities for AMR, current AMR-specific activities, monitoring practices, training needs, and preferences for sharing information on AMR. Further data were gathered on the main roles of the organisations, the length of time engaged in and budget spent on AMR-related activities, and their involvement in the development and implementation of National Action Plans (NAPs). Results were assessed against The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) Framework for Antimicrobial Resistance (2018–2023). Results: CSOs with AMR-related activities are working in all four areas of Africa CDC’s Framework: improving surveillance, delaying emergence, limiting transmission, and mitigating harm from infections caused by AMR microorganisms. Engagement with the four objectives is mainly through advocacy, followed by accountability and service delivery. There were limited monitoring activities reported by CSOs, with only seven (20%) providing an example metric used to monitor their activities related to AMR, and 27 (80%) CSOs reporting having no AMR-related strategy. Half the CSOs reported engaging with the development and implementation of NAPs; however, only three CSOs are aligning their work with these national strategies. Conclusion: CSOs across Africa are supporting AMR prevention and control, however, there is potential for more engagement. Africa CDC and other government agencies should support the training of CSOs in strategies to control AMR. Tailored training programmes can build knowledge of AMR, capacity for monitoring processes, and facilitate further identification of CSOs’ contribution to the AMR Framework and alignment with NAPs and regional strategies.
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spelling pubmed-78330502021-02-02 Antimicrobial resistance control efforts in Africa: a survey of the role of Civil Society Organisations Fraser, Jessica L. Alimi, Yewande H. Varma, Jay K. Muraya, Tracie Kujinga, Tapiwanashe Carter, Vanessa K. Schultsz, Constance Del Rio Vilas, Victor J. Glob Health Action Original Article Background: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing public health threat in Africa. AMR prevention and control requires coordination across multiple sectors of government and civil society partners. Objectives: To assess the current role, needs, and capacities of CSOs working in AMR in Africa. Methods: We conducted an online survey of 35 CSOs working in 37 countries across Africa. The survey asked about priorities for AMR, current AMR-specific activities, monitoring practices, training needs, and preferences for sharing information on AMR. Further data were gathered on the main roles of the organisations, the length of time engaged in and budget spent on AMR-related activities, and their involvement in the development and implementation of National Action Plans (NAPs). Results were assessed against The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) Framework for Antimicrobial Resistance (2018–2023). Results: CSOs with AMR-related activities are working in all four areas of Africa CDC’s Framework: improving surveillance, delaying emergence, limiting transmission, and mitigating harm from infections caused by AMR microorganisms. Engagement with the four objectives is mainly through advocacy, followed by accountability and service delivery. There were limited monitoring activities reported by CSOs, with only seven (20%) providing an example metric used to monitor their activities related to AMR, and 27 (80%) CSOs reporting having no AMR-related strategy. Half the CSOs reported engaging with the development and implementation of NAPs; however, only three CSOs are aligning their work with these national strategies. Conclusion: CSOs across Africa are supporting AMR prevention and control, however, there is potential for more engagement. Africa CDC and other government agencies should support the training of CSOs in strategies to control AMR. Tailored training programmes can build knowledge of AMR, capacity for monitoring processes, and facilitate further identification of CSOs’ contribution to the AMR Framework and alignment with NAPs and regional strategies. Taylor & Francis 2021-01-21 /pmc/articles/PMC7833050/ /pubmed/33475046 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2020.1868055 Text en © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Fraser, Jessica L.
Alimi, Yewande H.
Varma, Jay K.
Muraya, Tracie
Kujinga, Tapiwanashe
Carter, Vanessa K.
Schultsz, Constance
Del Rio Vilas, Victor J.
Antimicrobial resistance control efforts in Africa: a survey of the role of Civil Society Organisations
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title_fullStr Antimicrobial resistance control efforts in Africa: a survey of the role of Civil Society Organisations
title_full_unstemmed Antimicrobial resistance control efforts in Africa: a survey of the role of Civil Society Organisations
title_short Antimicrobial resistance control efforts in Africa: a survey of the role of Civil Society Organisations
title_sort antimicrobial resistance control efforts in africa: a survey of the role of civil society organisations
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7833050/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33475046
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2020.1868055
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