Antimicrobial resistance in Africa: How to relieve the burden on family farmers

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.contributor.crpAgriculture for Nutrition and Health
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.creator.identifierBarbara Wieland: 0000-0003-4020-9186
cg.identifier.urlhttps://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27/10/21-0076_articleen
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn1080-6059en
cg.issue10en
cg.journalEmerging Infectious Diseasesen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.volume27en
dc.contributor.authorDucrot, Christianen
dc.contributor.authorHobeika, Alexandreen
dc.contributor.authorLienhardt, Christianen
dc.contributor.authorWieland, Barbaraen
dc.contributor.authorDehays, Charlotteen
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-29T12:58:07Zen
dc.date.available2025-01-29T12:58:07Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/171398
dc.titleAntimicrobial resistance in Africa: How to relieve the burden on family farmersen
dcterms.abstractAlthough currently available data indicate that Africa has the lowest usage of antimicrobials in animals in the world (adjusted by animal biomass), data show a high prevalence of antimicrobial resistance in foodborne pathogens isolated from animals and animal products. Apart from the lack of solid data on antimicrobial use in many countries in Africa, different hypotheses could explain this situation. Qualitative interviews of farmers show a lack of knowledge and uninformed use of antimicrobials. Considering the development of animal farming to meet an increasing demand for proteins, this deficiency represents a serious public health issue. We advocate for policies that consider the specific challenges faced by family farmers in Africa, to simultaneously improve access to veterinary drugs while strengthening the regulation of their use. We propose a global approach targeting the agri-food system, offering innovative social and technical interventions on antimicrobial usage, adapted to family farmers.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationDucrot, Christian; Hobeika, Alexandre; Lienhardt, Christian; Wieland, Barbara; Dehays, Charlotte; et al. 2021. Antimicrobial resistance in Africa: How to relieve the burden on family farmers. Emerging Infectious Diseases 27(10): 2515-2520. https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27/10/21-0076_articleen
dcterms.extentpp. 2515-2520en
dcterms.issued2021
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherCenters for Disease Control and Preventionen
dcterms.subjectresistance to antibioticsen
dcterms.subjectpathogensen
dcterms.subjecthealthen
dcterms.subjectpublic healthen
dcterms.subjectanimal healthen
dcterms.subjectfarmersen
dcterms.subjectantimicrobialsen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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