AMR Baseline Survey

Emergence of antimicrobial resistance is a result of the
use, overuse and misuse of antibiotics both in humans and
animals. In Ethiopia, there are indications on the misuse of
antibiotics by health care providers’, unskilled practitioners,
and drug consumers. These coupled with rapid spread of
resistant bacteria and inadequate surveillance contributed
to the problem.
Bacterial infections are the major causes of death in
Ethiopia. Studies on antibacterial resistance and on bacterial
infections have shown that emerging antibacterial resistance
threatens the management of bacterial infections; however,
the prevention and containment has received far too little
attention. The consequences of these states of affairs include
increased mortality, morbidity, costs of treatment, and loss
of production in animals.
Since the causes and problems of resistance are complex,
the interventions calls for multifaceted approaches with full
involvement of all stakeholders who are involved in the use
of antimicrobials, resistance prevention and containment
efforts.
The objective of this baseline survey is to have base line
information on antimicrobials use and resistance so that will
be able to monitor use and resistance over time, evaluate
the impacts of interventions and scale up effective ones to
promote antibacterials rational use.