The EU One Health Network on AMR met for the first time on the 23rd February, bringing together representatives of the Chief Veterinary and Public Health officers across the EU to facilitate cooperation and the sharing of best practice. This first meeting took place...
“Never stop an antibiotic treatment early, even if you no longer feel sick.” This simple recommendation has been reinforced, repeated, and universally accepted since it was first introduced in the mid-1940s. Today, for the first time, scientists and doctors are...
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and pharmaceutical pollution in the environment (PIE) are twin problems that are closely connected. The One Health approach to AMR calls for policy coherence and aligned action to stop the spread of drug-resistant bacteria. Unfortunately...
Representing hundreds of environmental and health organisations in all 28 European Union Member States and further afield, 14 NGOs, including the European Public Health Alliance, are calling for immediate action and answers as to why the Commission have not yet...
EPHA has responded to the European Commission consultation on its Roadmap for a Communication on a One-Health Action Plan to support Member States in the fight against Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), released in October 2016. In its response, EPHA calls on the...