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Title: | Lessons learned from COVID-19 for the post-antibiotic future |
Authors: | Wilson LA Rogers Van Katwyk S Fafard P Viens AM Hoffman SJ |
Keywords: | Antimicrobial resistance;COVID-19;Emergency preparedness;International cooperation;Anti-Bacterial Agents;COVID-19;Coronavirus Infections;Disaster Planning;Drug Resistance, Microbial;Forecasting;Global Health;Humans;International Cooperation;Pandemics;Pneumonia, Viral |
Publication Date: | Dec-2020 |
Publisher: | Springer Science and Business Media LLC |
Citation: | Wilson, L.A., Rogers Van Katwyk, S., Fafard, P. et al. Lessons learned from COVID-19 for the post-antibiotic future. Global Health 16, 94 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-020-00623-x |
Abstract: | <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:sec> <jats:title>Introduction</jats:title> <jats:p>COVID-19 has rapidly and radically changed the face of human health and social interaction. As was the case with COVID-19, the world is similarly unprepared to respond to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and the challenges it will produce. COVID-19 presents an opportunity to examine how the international community might better respond to the growing AMR threat.</jats:p> </jats:sec> <jats:sec> <jats:title>Main body</jats:title> <jats:p>The impacts of COVID-19 have manifested in health system, economic, social, and global political implications. Increasing AMR will also present challenges in these domains. As seen with COVID-19, increasing healthcare usage and resource scarcity may lead to ethical dilemmas about prioritization of care; unemployment and economic downturn may disproportionately impact people in industries reliant on human interaction (especially women); and international cooperation may be compromised as nations strive to minimize outbreaks within their own borders.</jats:p> </jats:sec> <jats:sec> <jats:title>Conclusion</jats:title> <jats:p>AMR represents a slow-moving disaster that offers a unique opportunity to proactively develop interventions to mitigate its impact. The world’s attention is currently rightfully focused on responding to COVID-19, but there is a moral imperative to take stock of lessons learned and opportunities to prepare for the next global health emergency.</jats:p> </jats:sec> |
metadata.dc.rights.license: | Attribution - CC BY |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11375/26278 |
metadata.dc.identifier.doi: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12992-020-00623-x |
ISSN: | 1744-8603 1744-8603 |
Appears in Collections: | Faculty Publications (via McMaster Experts) |
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