Excerpt: “This Global Antimicrobial Resistance and Use Surveillance System (GLASS) report describes global progress in GLASS-AMU surveillance and antibiotic use in 2022, reported by 60 countries. It supplements the 2016–2022 GLASS-AMU data on the GLASS dashboard.
Key findings include:
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Antibiotic use varies by a factor of 10 between the highest-using and the lowest-using CTA. While these variations need to be better understood, they suggest patterns of both overuse and low access to antibiotics.
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Use of Watch antibiotics remains relatively high in many settings, with many countries not meeting the UN target calling for 70% of antibiotics to be from the Access category. Watch antibiotics contribute disproportionately to AMR and more must be done to avoid their unnecessary use when no antibiotics are needed or Access antibiotics would suffice.
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Some low- and middle-income CTAs reported little or no use of Reserve antibiotics, which are needed to treat infections caused by the most drug-resistant bacteria.”
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