Countries and experts identify priorities for supporting the sustainable development of aquaculture

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Countries and experts identify priorities for supporting the sustainable development of aquaculture

24 April 2019
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The current Annual Report marks four years of data collection and close collaboration between the OIE and Member Countries.
The efforts of the animal health sector to ensure antimicrobial agents are used responsibly are key components that have impacted in the development of a database that contributes to national and global surveillance and monitoring systems on antimicrobial use in the animal sector with increased precision. 

In the fourth round of data collection, a total of 153 countries participated, demonstrating sustained national monitoring across all regions. An increasing level of engagement has been received from countries who are able to provide quantitative data. The data presented in the Fourth Annual Report represents the commitment of countries to report more accurate data sets that can be used to as an evidence base from which to optimise the responsible use of antimicrobial agents, such as benchmarking National Action Plan indicators.

The development of a robust Global Database built to increase the global understanding of the use of antimicrobials in animals is an ongoing objective of the OIE Strategy on Antimicrobial Resistance,’ notes Dr Monique Eloit, Director General of the OIE. ‘Furthermore, it is also our collaboration with Member Countries’ and their improvement of national capacity to survey and monitor antimicrobial use that has had a positive impact on the DatabaseThe commitment to monitoring being undertaken by the OIE and our Member Countries through their National Action Plans on AMR are invaluable to the collection of data from animal health sector.’