Towards an Antibiotic Smart Sweden
Antibiotic Smart Sweden is a collaborative initiative aiming to inspire and motivate different actors in Swedish society to participate in efforts to address antibiotic resistance. Our vision is a society where everyone helps to keep antibiotics working and saving lives.
Our collective misuse of antibiotics coupled with lack of preventive action has led to increasing levels of antibiotic resistance and difficult-to-treat bacterial infections. Antibiotic resistance is a global threat to human and animal health. It also impacts our ability to meet several of the sustainability goals in Agenda 2030. A sustainable response to antibiotic resistance requires a whole-of-society effort - What we all do every day matters. This motivated the creation of Antibiotic Smart Sweden.
Antibiotic Smart Sweden engages different stakeholders to participate, exchange experiences and drive change together. We work towards three overarching goals: Antibiotic Smart People, Antibiotic Smart Municipalities & Regions, and National and International Collaboration.
We explore ways to involve individuals more actively through community engagement, participatory processes and insights about behaviours.
We support and promote engagement of Swedish regions and municipalities through the co-development and use of antibiotic-smart criteria. This structured approach helps integrate actions against antibiotic resistance in routines and everyday work.
We provide a platform for networking and the exchange of ideas among Swedish stakeholders with an interest in antibiotic resistance. We also exchange learnings with international actors through meetings, workshops and collaborations.
Our model is based on previous work in Sweden within the fields of antibiotic resistance and infection prevention and is informed by social innovation, implementation science and behavioural insights.
Antibiotic Smart Sweden is coordinated by the Public Health Agency of Sweden in collaboration with:
- ReAct – Action on Antibiotic Resistance
- Strama – the Strategic Program Against Antibiotic Resistance
- RISE Research Institutes of Sweden
- National Working Group for Infection Prevention and Control
- Several Swedish municipalities and regions.
Antibiotic Smart Sweden is an integral part of the multisectoral work in Sweden against antibiotic resistance.
Overview of Sweden’s one health response to antibiotic resistance (folkhalsomyndigheten.se)
Antibiotic Smart Sweden – a whole of society approach
Learn more about Antibiotic Smart Sweden in the AMR Studio – a podcast aimed at both specialists and a broader audience interested in understanding the challenges and solutions related to AMR. In this episode, you will learn about how Antibiotic Smart criteria was developed in close collaboration with our target groups.
Ep X9. Antibiotic Smart Sweden (uu.se)
In this film you will learn what it means to work with antibiotic smart Sweden’s criteria. For subtitles in English, please click on the T symbol.
