U.S. and EU Report on Joint Progress Against Antimicrobial Resistance
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the European Commission today released the first progress report of the Transatlantic Taskforce on Antimicrobial Resistance (TATFAR). The report renews the commitment of U.S. and European Union (EU) health authorities to pursue specific goals in their joint battle against antimicrobial resistance, a complex, dynamic and multi-faceted concern not bound by borders. The report also summarizes the advancements made during the first TATFAR implementation period of 2011-2013. The full report is available at http://www.cdc.gov/drugresistance/tatfar/report.html.
TATFAR was created following the 2009 U.S.-EU presidential summit with the goal of improving cooperation between the U.S. and the EU in three key areas: (1) appropriate therapeutic use of antimicrobial drugs in medical and veterinary communities, (2) prevention of health care- and community-associated drug-resistant infections, and (3) strategies for improving the pipeline of new antimicrobial drugs.