International Journal of Health Governance: Volume 21 Issue 3

Halfway to salvation, or halfway to hell?

David Birnbaum, Michael Decker

– For this themed issue, the purpose of this paper is to select papers that examine progress on addressing concerns raised in one of the Journal’s 2015 viewpoint articles.

Antimicrobial stewardship through a one health lens: Observations from Washington State

Marisa Anne D'Angeli, Joe B. Baker, Douglas R. Call, Margaret A. Davis, Kelly J. Kauber, Uma Malhotra, Gregory T. Matsuura, Dale A. Moore, Chris Porter, Paul Pottinger, Virginia Stockwell, Carol Wagner, Ron Wohrle, Jonathan Yoder, Leah Hampson Yoke, Peter Rabinowitz

Antibiotic resistance (AR) is a global health crisis that is attracting focussed attention from healthcare, public health, governmental agencies, the public, and food producers…

UK initiatives to reduce antimicrobial resistant infections, 2013-2018

Susan Hopkins

– The purpose of this paper is to highlight the local, national and global actions from the UK to reduce the impact of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) on human health.

Antimicrobial stewardship: Australia

Allan D. Spigelman, Shane Rendalls, Mary-Louise McLaws, Ashleigh Gray

The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the context for strategies to overcome antimicrobial resistance in Australia, which may provide valuable learnings for other…

Antimicrobial stewardship in Tanzania: A consideration of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and challenges for maintenance and further development of efforts

Eliudi Eliakimu

Worldwide situation analysis on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) released in 2015 by the World Health Organisation (WHO) has revealed inadequate capability to respond to AMR in…

Antimicrobial stewardship: a Canadian perspective

Elissa Rennert-May, John Conly

– The purpose of this paper is to explore the current state of antimicrobial stewardship implementation and development within Canada at both a federal and provincial level.

Engaging patients in antimicrobial resistance and stewardship

Ioana Popescu, Kim Neudorf, Sandi N. Kossey

The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the perspectives of patient advisors (PAs) on the current state of antimicrobial resistance (AR) and stewardship in Canada…

IJHG review

Fiona MacVane Phipps

– The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview and commentary on the articles contained in the current issue of the journal.