Strama

Welcome to Strama - the Swedish strategic programme against antibiotic resistance.

 

New organisation of Strama

From July 1st 2010, Strama (the Swedish Strategic Programme against Antibiotic Resistance) is an advisory body with the remit to assist the Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control in:

1) matters regarding antibiotic use and containment of antibiotic resistance

2) facilitating an interdisciplinary and locally approved working model, ensuring involvement by concerned authorities, counties, municipalities and non-profit organizations.

SWEDRES 2010

A Report on Swedish Antimicrobial Utilisation and Resistance in Human Medicine, published by Strama and The Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control. Announced June 1st 2010.

Council Conclusions on innovative incentives for effective Antibiotics

At the EU Minister of Health meeting on 1 December the Council adopted conclusions as a result of the conference " Innovative Incentives for Effective Antibacterials"

Click here to read the Council Conclusions.

Press release Antibiotic Awareness Day 2009

Click here to read the press release: Experts urge prudent antibiotic use to combat resistance

Click here to read more about the European Antibiotic Awareness Day

EU-US summit agrees to form transatlantic taskforce on antimicrobial resistance

At the EU-US Summit on the 3rd of November, it was agreed to establish a transatlantic taskforce on urgent antimicrobial resistance issues.

Conference Innovative Incentives for Effective Antibacterials

The Presidency hosted an expert conference about the antibiotic resistance threat on 17 September in Stockholm.

SWEDRES 2008

A Report on Swedish Antimicrobial Utilisation and Resistance in Human Medicine, published by Strama and The Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control. Announced June 10th 2009.

China and Sweden in collaboration against antibiotic resistance

Read more and watch pictures from the meeting in Beijing on April 28.

Strama Annual Report 2008

The report describes Strama's remit and organisation, as well as activities and publications during 2008.

Click to download the report (pdf).

Fact Sheets on the Burden of Antibiotic Resistance

The Burden of Antibiotic Resistance in several areas
of healthcare is discussed in fact sheets published by ReAct, the worldwide network for action on antibiotic resistance.

European recommendations on healthcare associated infections

The Commission has adopted a proposal for Council recommendations on patient safety. Healthcare associated infections are mentioned as an example of preventable injuries. Systematic efforts including education and improved reporting are methods that have proven efficient.

The proposal and other documents can be found at the Commission´s homepage.

European Antibiotic Awareness Day 2008

The first-ever European Antibiotic Awareness Day will be celebrated in 27 EU member states. In Sweden, Strama is launching a campaign with information and advice about common colds. The message is: Take care, not antibiotics!

Annual Report 2007

Strama's annual report summarizes publications, projects, and other activities in 2007. Click to download in pdf.

We are facing a global pandemic of antibiotic resistance, warn experts

Vital components of modern medicine such as major surgery, organ transplantation, and cancer chemotherapy will be threatened if antibiotic resistance is not tackled urgently, warn experts on bmj.com today.

SWEDRES 2007

A Report on Swedish Antimicrobial Utilisation and Resistance in Human Medicine, published by Strama and The Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control. Announced June 10th 2008.

Sweden has the lowest use of antibiotics in the Nordic countries, but the use of quinolones is still high

In Sweden and Norway, the use of antibiotics has increased steadily during the last three years. In Denmark, the increase has been going on for a longer period. Among the Nordic countries, Sweden still has the lowest total use. However, we have the second highest use of fluoroquinolones, following Finland.
Click on "Read more" for statistics!

10-year follow-up of the Swedish Strama programme

In the February issue of The Lancet Infectious Diseases a 10-year follow-up of the Swedish Strama programme is described.

ESBL resistance in enteric bacteria - proposed action plan

Strama has taken the initiative in creating a national strategy against ESBL resistance, containing diagnosis, epidemiological typing and antibiotic recommendations.

The Antibiotic Innovation Study: Expert Voices on a Critical Need

In a report published by the international network React (Action on antibiotic resistance) public health and industry experts conclude that urgent action is needed to tackle the lack of research and development into new antibiotics.