期刊
JOURNAL OF GLOBAL ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE
卷 25, 期 -, 页码 40-47出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jgar.2021.02.027
关键词
Antimicrobial use; Resistance; Policy actors; Practitioners; Perception; Tanzania
资金
- Joint DFID/ESRC/MRC/Welcome Trust Health Systems Foundation by the Medical Research Council (MRC) UK [MR/S012796/1]
- Southern Africa Centers of Excellence for Infectious Diseases of Humans and Animals (SACIDS-ACE) [P151847]
The study identified strengths in Tanzania's implementation of the National Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance, such as improved multisectoral collaboration and government will, but also weaknesses like lack of public awareness and inadequate resources. Future policies should capitalize on these strengths and opportunities, while designing interventions to improve public awareness and community engagement.
Objective: To explore and describe the perceptions of policy actors and practitioners on antimicrobial use and resistance in human and animal health in Tanzania. Methods: This was an exploratory qualitative study, which involved semi-structured interviews with nine policy makers and 102 practitioners. Results: Improved multisectoral collaboration and coordination among experts from the animal and human sectors, government will, improved infrastructures, existence of public awareness campaigns on appropriate use of antimicrobials and existence of antimicrobial stewardship were identified as strengths for the implementation of National Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance (NAP-AMR) in Tanzania. Despite these strengths, insufficient public awareness of AMR, limited community engagement and inadequate human resources were among the reported weaknesses. A number of opportunities for the implementation of NAP-AMR were also reported including the presence of integrated disease surveillance and response strategy in health sector and development of a coordinated surveillance system. Furthermore, the inadequate laboratory capacity and poor resource mobilization were identified as challenges facing the implementation of NAP-AMR. Conclusion: The future policies of AMR need to capitalize on the identified strengths and opportunities as well as design interventions to improve public awareness of AMR and community engagement, deployment of adequate human resources and ensure adequate resource mobilization to meet AMR needs. (c) 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of International Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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