Journal of Infection and Public Health (Jul 2016)
The strategic plan for combating antimicrobial resistance in Gulf Cooperation Council States
- Hanan H. Balkhy,
- Abdullah M. Assiri,
- Haifa Al Mousa,
- Seif S. Al-Abri,
- Huda Al-Katheeri,
- Huda Alansari,
- Najiba M. Abdulrazzaq,
- Awa Aidara-Kane,
- Didier Pittet,
- Didier Pittet,
- Awa Aidara-Kane,
- Elisabeth Erlacher-Vindel,
- Hail Mater Al Abdely,
- Adel Al Othman,
- Sameera M. Al Johani,
- Abubaker Fadlelmula,
- Aiman El-Saed,
- Gregory Poff,
- Abdulrahman Al Habrawy,
- Yousuf Al Omi,
- Alaa Saeed Mutlaq,
- Ahmed Hakawi,
- Mohammed Al Zahrani,
- Sami Al Hajjar,
- Sahar Al Thawadi,
- Ali M. Somily,
- Hosam Al Zowawi,
- Saeed Al Shahrani,
- Mohamed Al Quwaizini,
- Ali Al Sahaaf,
- Mohammed Fayez Ahmed Salim,
- Kamal Hossein Zidan,
- Safaa Abdulaziz El Khawajah,
- Jameela AlSalman,
- Nermin Kamal Hasan Mohamed Saeed,
- Noura Al Qalloushi,
- Abeer Aly Omar,
- Najiba Abdulrazzaq,
- Zaina Maskari,
- Faryal Ali Khamis Al Lawati,
- Hilal Al Hashami,
- Mubarak Al Yaqoubi,
- Khalifa Al Shaqsi,
- Huda Al Harthi,
- Khalid Hamid Youif Elawad,
- Wael Ezzeldin Said Hussein,
- Yasser Mohamed Abdelkader Morsy,
- Salah Ahmed Abdalkarim Taha,
- Eman Abdulrahman Al Maslamani,
- Maryam Al Sulaiti
Affiliations
- Hanan H. Balkhy
- King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh Saudi Arabia; Infection Prevention and Control Department King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; GCC Center for Infection Control, Ministry of National Guard-Health Affairs, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Corresponding author at: King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Mail Code 2134, P.O. Box 22490, 11426 Riyadh City, Saudi Arabia. Tel.: +966 11 80 43761; fax: +966 11 80 43733.
- Abdullah M. Assiri
- Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Haifa Al Mousa
- Ministry of Health, Kuwait, Kuwait
- Seif S. Al-Abri
- Ministry of Health, Muscat, Oman
- Huda Al-Katheeri
- Ministry of Public Health, Doha, Qatar
- Huda Alansari
- Ministry of Health, Almanamah, Bahrain
- Najiba M. Abdulrazzaq
- Ministry of Health, United Arab Emirates
- Awa Aidara-Kane
- Department of Food Safety and Zoonosis, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
- Didier Pittet
- Infection Control Programme and World Health Organization Collaborating Centre on Patient Safety, University of Geneva Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
- Didier Pittet
- University of Geneva Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland
- Awa Aidara-Kane
- Department of Food Safety and Zoonosis, World Health Organization, Switzerland
- Elisabeth Erlacher-Vindel
- Scientific and Technical Department, World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), France
- Hail Mater Al Abdely
- Health Facilities, Infection Control, Saudi Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Adel Al Othman
- Adult Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs (MNGHA), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Sameera M. Al Johani
- Microbiology, Laboratory & Pathology Department, MNGHA, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Abubaker Fadlelmula
- Infection Prevention & Control, MNGHA, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Aiman El-Saed
- Infection Prevention & Control and GCC-IC, MNGHA, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Gregory Poff
- Saudi Medication Safety Center, MNGHA, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Abdulrahman Al Habrawy
- Executive Board of Health Ministers’ Council for GCC States, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Yousuf Al Omi
- Saudi Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Alaa Saeed Mutlaq
- Clinical Pharmacist, MOH, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Ahmed Hakawi
- Infectious Diseases, KFMC, Saudi Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Mohammed Al Zahrani
- Security Forces Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Sami Al Hajjar
- Saudi Pediatrics Infectious Diseases Society, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center (KFSH-RC), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Sahar Al Thawadi
- Consultant of Microbiology & Chief of Laboratories Department, KFSH-RC, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Ali M. Somily
- King Khalid University (KKU), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Hosam Al Zowawi
- The University of Queensland, UQ Centre for Clinical Research, Herston, Queensland, Australia; KSAU-HS, MNGHA, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Saeed Al Shahrani
- Saudi FDA, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Mohamed Al Quwaizini
- SFDA, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Ali Al Sahaaf
- Ministry of Agriculture (MOA), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Mohammed Fayez Ahmed Salim
- MOA, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Kamal Hossein Zidan
- Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, MOA, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Safaa Abdulaziz El Khawajah
- Infectious Diseases, MOH, Bahrain
- Jameela AlSalman
- Bahrain
- Nermin Kamal Hasan Mohamed Saeed
- Medical Microbiologist Chief Resident, MOH, Bahrain
- Noura Al Qalloushi
- MOH, Kuwait
- Abeer Aly Omar
- MOH, Kuwait
- Najiba Abdulrazzaq
- Internist and Head of Infection Control Committee in MOH, United Arab Emirates
- Zaina Maskari
- Microbiologist and Head of IC, Royal Hospital, Oman
- Faryal Ali Khamis Al Lawati
- Infectious Diseases, Royal Hospital, Oman
- Hilal Al Hashami
- Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Royal Hospital, Oman
- Mubarak Al Yaqoubi
- Microbiologist & Head of IC, Khoula Hospital, Oman
- Khalifa Al Shaqsi
- Head of Infection Control, Nizwa Hospital, Oman
- Huda Al Harthi
- Clinical Pharmacist, Khoula Hospital, Oman
- Khalid Hamid Youif Elawad
- Public Health Specialist, Qatar
- Wael Ezzeldin Said Hussein
- Regional Leader, Qatar
- Yasser Mohamed Abdelkader Morsy
- Clinical Pharmacist, Senior Clinical Instructor, Qatar
- Salah Ahmed Abdalkarim Taha
- Pharmaceutical Supervisor, Qatar
- Eman Abdulrahman Al Maslamani
- Pediatric and Chairperson IC, HGH, Qatar
- Maryam Al Sulaiti
- General Surgery Specialist, Qatar
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 9,
no. 4
pp. 375 – 385
Abstract
Summary: The Gulf Cooperation Council Center for Infection Control (GCC-IC) has placed the emergence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) on the top of its agenda for the past four years. The board members have developed the initial draft for the GCC strategic plan for combating AMR in 2014. The strategic plan stems from the WHO mandate to combat AMR at all levels. The need for engaging a large number of stakeholders has prompted the GCC-IC to engage a wider core of professionals in finalizing the plan. A multi-disciplinary group of more than 40 experts were then identified. And a workshop was conducted in Riyadh January 2015 and included, for the first time, representation of relevant ministries and agencies as well as international experts in the field. Participants worked over a period of two and a half days in different groups. International experts shared the global experiences and challenges in addressing human, food, animal, and environmental aspects of controlling AMR. Participants were then divided into 4 groups each to address the human, animal, microbiological and diagnostic, or the environmental aspect of AMR. At the end of the workshop, the strategic plan was revised and endorsed by all participants. The GCC-IC board members then approved it as the strategic plan for AMR. The document produced here is the first GCC strategic plan addressing AMR, which shall be adopted by GCC countries to develop country-based plans and related key performance indicators (KPIs). It is now the role of each country to identify the body that will be accountable for implementing the plan at the country level. Keywords: Strategic plan, Antimicrobial resistance, AMR, GCC, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait
