Denmark
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Implements
#00388 Build integrated One Health surveillance for antibiotic use and resistance
Implementer
Statens Serum Institut, Technical University of Denmark and Danish authorities
Location
Description
Denmark established DANMAP in 1995 to monitor antimicrobial consumption and resistance across humans, food animals and food. Clinical laboratories, veterinary authorities and national health data contribute to annual integrated reports.
DANMAP has continuously produced comparable national evidence used to identify emerging resistance, evaluate agricultural policy and guide human and veterinary action. It is classified as a surveillance success, while recognizing that surveillance itself does not prove that every observed resistance reduction was caused by the programme.
Lessons learned
- Integrating human and animal data makes policy substitution and cross-sector trends visible.
- Stable institutions, common indicators and annual public reports are more valuable than short surveillance projects.
- Surveillance should be judged by data quality, continuity and use in decisions, not by claiming direct health impact.
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