Globalisation facilitates the movement of people, animals or animal products, and goods, thereby contributing to the cross-border spread of resistant bacteria.
Industrial, agricultural and medical effluents, contaminated with antibiotics and resistant bacteria, circulate freely worldwide, contributing to a global reservoir of resistance.
Antibiotics are manufactured and used all over the world. Different countries have different regulations for antibiotics, which results in overuse in certain sectors and in certain geographical regions.
Solutions:
- Strengthen international cooperation
- Ensure a networked global monitoring system
- Develop research and innovation
- Raise awareness and educate people worldwide about good hygiene practices and infection prevention measures
- Improve access to hygiene in all countries
- Check the recent history of hospitalisation abroad for patients admitted to a French hospital, with a view to carrying out any necessary screening tests