Antibiotic Resistance
The Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Challenge was an effort by the government of the United States that lasted for a whole year aimed at accelerating the fight against AMR, resulting in commitments from many countries across the globe to slow AMR down (CDC, 2020). The organization I identified is the Antibiotic Resistance Action Center (ARAC) located in Washington, DC, in the United States. It is an organization for academic research that focuses on finding unique solutions to the resistance of antibiotics. The organization aims at preserving antibiotic effectiveness by engaging in policies that are based on science, advocacy, and research (CDC, 2020). The organization’s key mission is to bring microbiologists, experts in policies, epidemiologists, and experts in communication under one roof, working around the clock in protecting antibiotics by curbing the superbugs.
The commitment made by this ARAC is the commitment to advance knowledge about how the use of antibiotics in food animals affects the health of humans. It also commits to improving the prescribing of antibiotics in the sector of care that is urgent (CDC, 2020). The commitment area in the AMR challenge that the commitment supports is the area of vaccines, diagnostics, and therapeutics that entails investing in development and access that is improved. The organization aims to fulfill this commitment by conducting a study on the impact of the legislation that sets limitations on antibiotic use in livestock through testing of meat that has been purchased and samples that are biological from humans from the same regions, for germs that are antibiotic-resistant and could be infectious. ARAC also plans to launch a campaign for awareness in 24 clinics for urgent care in the United States during the season of the flu to discourage the use of antibiotics inappropriately, conduct a random study on the impact of materials for the education of patients, and launch summits to create strategies for standards of use of antibiotics in urgent care. This commitment by ARAC would contribute to a One Health Approach in the sense that the organization will be able to conduct research and find solutions to eliminate antibiotic resistance and prevent the spread of infection from animals to humans (CDC, 2018). This is because when a solution to the aspect of resistance is found, the antibiotics will be strong enough to eliminate all germs, ensuring the safety of both humans and animals.
References
CDC (2018, November 5) One Health Basics. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/onehealth/basics/index.html
CDC (2020, March 13) Antibiotic/Antimicrobial Resistance (AR/AMR). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/drugresistance/intl-activities/amr-challenge.html