Paula Pupune, I. Puana, John Allen, Daniel Kelly, Amrita Ronnachit
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Abstract
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has the potential to reverse gains made in modern medicine and seriously jeopardize the lives of people and animals from infections that were once readily treatable (FAO/OIE 2015). Adopting a one health approach is critical to better understand and mitigate factors driving the emerging concern of AMR. Although the development and transmission of AMR in wildlife is not well understood, there is growing evidence that it is associated with proximity to humans or domestic animals. Papua New Guinea (PNG) faces some unique challenges for zoonotic spillover disease events and transmission of AMR between animals and humans. These challenges arise from the erosion of wildlife habitats due to deforestation and close contact of wildlife with villagers and their village-based livestock raised under free-range systems. Papua New Guinea’s human health system and the animal health field and laboratory services are resource-limited and are facing many human and animal disease challenges. The Fleming Fund Country Grant, implemented by the Burnet Institute Australia, is working with Papua New Guinea government and industry stakeholders to tackle AMR by encouraging information sharing, raising awareness, and supporting laboratory capacity in human and animal health for effective AMR surveillance. In addition, national legislation is being strengthened to support implementation of the Papua New Guinea Antimicrobial Resistance National Action Plan (Government of Papua New Guinea 2019) to encourage the judicious use and effective monitoring of antimicrobial medicines in humans and animals.
抗菌素耐药性(AMR)有可能逆转现代医学所取得的成果,并严重危害人类和动物的生命,使其受到曾经很容易治疗的感染(粮农组织/世界动物卫生组织,2015 年)。采用一种健康方法对于更好地理解和减轻导致新出现的 AMR 问题的因素至关重要。尽管人们对野生动物体内 AMR 的发展和传播还不甚了解,但越来越多的证据表明,这与野生动物接近人类或家畜有关。巴布亚新几内亚(PNG)在人畜共患病外溢事件以及动物与人类之间的 AMR 传播方面面临着一些独特的挑战。这些挑战源于森林砍伐对野生动物栖息地的侵蚀,以及野生动物与村民及其在村里散养的家畜的密切接触。巴布亚新几内亚的人类健康系统以及动物健康领域和实验室服务资源有限,面临着许多人类和动物疾病挑战。由澳大利亚伯纳特研究所实施的弗莱明基金国家赠款正在与巴布亚新几内亚政府和行业利益相关者合作,通过鼓励信息共享、提高意识以及支持人类和动物健康实验室能力来有效监测 AMR,从而解决 AMR 问题。此外,巴布亚新几内亚正在加强国家立法,以支持《巴布亚新几内亚抗菌药物耐药性国家行动计划》(巴布亚新几内亚政府,2019 年)的实施,鼓励在人类和动物中合理使用和有效监测抗菌药物。
Australian ZoologistAgricultural and Biological Sciences-Animal Science and Zoology
CiteScore
2.50
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43
期刊介绍:
The Royal Zoological Society publishes a fully refereed scientific journal, Australian Zoologist, specialising in topics relevant to Australian zoology. The Australian Zoologist was first published by the Society in 1914, making it the oldest Australian journal specialising in zoological topics. The scope of the journal has increased substantially in the last 20 years, and it now attracts papers on a wide variety of zoological, ecological and environmentally related topics. The RZS also publishes, as books, and the outcome of forums, which are run annually by the Society.