New 2024-29 AMR Action Plan targets are less ambitious and potentially insufficient
The 2024–29 National Action Plan (NAP) includes new targets which are less stretching than the targets in the 2019–24 NAP. While the government previously set targets for reductions of 50% in Gram-negative bloodstream infections and 10% in drug-resistant infections, the corresponding targets in the 2024–29 NAP only seek to prevent …
Government response. The government agrees to monitor progress against NAP human health targets biannually and review them annually, with potential for revision if deemed appropriate, but states that preventing an increase in drug-resistant and gram-negative bloodstream infections from the 2019 baseline is …
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