2023 Reports of the Auditor General of Canada—Report 6—Antimicrobial Resistance

2023 Reports of the Auditor General of Canada—Report 6—Antimicrobial Resistance This audit focused on whether the Public Health Agency of Canada, Health Canada, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada delivered actions to address antimicrobial resistance, to provide comprehensive surveillance, and to preserve the effectiveness of medically important antimicrobials. The audit also followed up on findings and recommendations from our 2015 report on the same topic—specifically, on the collection of antimicrobial use and resistance data, regulatory and policy changes intended to preserve the effectiveness of antimicrobials important in human medicine, and pan-Canadian efforts led by the Public Health Agency of Canada. 2024-01-11 Office of the Auditor General of Canada open-ouvert@tbs-sct.gc.ca AgricultureHealth and SafetyScience and TechnologyAuditReportsDrugsVeterinary drugsDiseasesAnimal diseasesHealthAnimal health 2023 Reports of the Auditor General of Canada—Report 6—Antimicrobial ResistanceHTML https://www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/English/parl_oag_202310_06_e_44339.html 2023 Reports of the Auditor General of Canada—Report 6—Antimicrobial ResistanceHTML https://www.oag-bvg.gc.ca/internet/Francais/parl_oag_202310_06_f_44339.html 2023 Reports of the Auditor General of Canada—Report 6—Antimicrobial ResistancePDF https://open.canada.ca/data/dataset/fad441b8-1659-48df-a647-aed46bbfd3f6/resource/8c8e1499-ebf2-4031-ac18-73343fde06e9/download/report-6_antimicrobial_resistance.pdf 2023 Reports of the Auditor General of Canada—Report 6—Antimicrobial ResistancePDF https://open.canada.ca/data/dataset/fad441b8-1659-48df-a647-aed46bbfd3f6/resource/a7bc84a4-6dfa-456b-8891-eb229be8746f/download/rapport-6_la_resistance_aux_antimicrobiens.pdf

This audit focused on whether the Public Health Agency of Canada, Health Canada, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada delivered actions to address antimicrobial resistance, to provide comprehensive surveillance, and to preserve the effectiveness of medically important antimicrobials. The audit also followed up on findings and recommendations from our 2015 report on the same topic—specifically, on the collection of antimicrobial use and resistance data, regulatory and policy changes intended to preserve the effectiveness of antimicrobials important in human medicine, and pan-Canadian efforts led by the Public Health Agency of Canada.

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