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Notes from the field: Responding to the wartime spread of antimicrobial-resistant organisms - Ukraine, 2022
Kuzin I , Matskov O , Bondar R , Lapin R , Vovk T , Howard A , Vodianyk A , Skov R , Legare S , Azarskova M , Al-Samarrai T , Barzilay E , Vitek C . MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2023 72 (49) 1333-1334 Worldwide, bacterial antimicrobial resistance is estimated to cause more deaths than HIV or malaria and is recognized as a leading global public health threat (1). In Ukraine, the confluence of high prewar rates of antimicrobial resistance, an increase in the prevalence of traumatic wounds, and the war-related strain on health care facilities is leading to increased detection of multidrug-resistant organisms with spread into Europe (2,3). Evidence of increased rates of antimicrobial resistance in other conflict settings such as Iraq (4), and the long-term consequences for civilian, military, and other populations, argue that the spread of antimicrobial resistance in Ukraine is an urgent crisis that must be addressed, even during an ongoing war. | | In mid-2022, a collaboration was established between CDC, the Center for Public Health of Ukraine (UPHC), local clinical and public health authorities, and international partners, including the World Health Organization regional office for Europe, ICAP at Columbia University, and the European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. The purpose of this collaboration was to improve laboratory detection, clinical treatment, and infection control response for antimicrobial resistance in the Ternopil, Khmelnytskyi, and Vinnytsia regions supported by U.S. Ukraine supplemental appropriations emergency funding.* |
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