About Strama

Strama - Swedish Strategic Programme against antibiotic resistance

Annual reports: 2008, 2007 ,2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001

Strama was founded in 1995 as a result of discussions between the Swedish Reference Group for Antibiotics (SRGA), the Medical Products Agency, the National Board of Health and Welfare, the Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control (SMI) and others. The primary objective was to create a decentralized organization in order to gain national recognition and to facilitate local surveillance activities and projects. Through the County Medical Officers for Communicable Diseases regional Strama groups were established in every county. According to a survey performed in 2003 there are today 15 primary care Strama groups, 3 hospital groups and 3 combined groups. Strama is supported economically by the Swedish Government since 2000. The alignment for Strama's work has been developed according to the goals set in the proposed national plan to prevent resistance to antibiotics.

In September 2006, Strama was reorganised to become a collaborative body with the remit of working for interdiciplinary collaboration in issues related to safeguarding the possibility of effective use of antibiotics in human and veterinary bacterial infections. Strama is also to take the initiative with regard to measures that primarily affect human health. The remit is specified in a directive issued by the Swedish Government and corresponds well with the aims that Strama has had since its inception in 1995.