Our longtime use - and abuse…- of antibiotics in humans, agricultural livestock management, and food production has led to an increased threat of antimicrobial resistance, making us all more vulnerable to infectious diseases… But what if the answer lied in probiotics?

EPRS STOA podcast - What if we could fight antibiotic resistance with probiotics?

Antibiotics are a very useful drug when you are sick and the doctor tells you to take them. However, so-called antimicrobial resistance is a growing global threat to public health. Let’s see what Europe is doing to find a solution.

This is what Europe does for antibiotics users

Sidestepping Antimicrobial Resistance. The Role of Existing and New Antibiotics

Antibiotic resistance (debate)

Day of action on antibiotics

Launch Seminar for European Antibiotic Awareness Day

Press conference in Strasbourg on the European Antibiotic Awareness Day

The European Union is currently facing supply shortages for many common medications and antibiotics. Painkillers and drugs against fever are for exemple in short supply in pharmacies, forcing them to start their own production. MEPs debate in plenary. Extracts.

Surge of respiratory infections and the shortage of medication in Europe: extracts from the debate

33 000 people die in Europe every year from untreated infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria. This number could increase tenfold by 2050. By then, antibiotic resistance will surpass cancer as the second biggest cause of death worldwide. Without working antibiotics, we could return to a “pre-antibiotic era”, where infections from surgeries or cancer treatments, and even simple infections would no longer be possible to treat.Bacteria become resistant to antibiotics when we use the wrong antibiotic or abuse antibiotics to treat an infection. We can acquire antibiotic-resistant bacteria from eating meat from animals treated with antibiotics or by being exposed to contaminated water. Antibiotic resistance also impacts livestock, agriculture and food production, causing a serious economic burden that costs the EU €1.5 billion per year... Restrictions: ©The material may not be edited and must be shown entirely.

EPRS - Fighting antibiotic resistance

Parliament voted to forbid the sale of single-use plastic. It also discussed changes to road use charges in the EU, announced the winner of the 2018 Sakharov Prize, and condemned the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Members also voted to curb the use of antibiotics in farming to fight against antimicrobial resistance.

From plastics to the Sakharov Prize: 5 numbers from Strasbourg

During the plenary session (22-25/10/2018) of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, MEPs vote on new rules to limit the use of antibiotics in farming in order to keep drug-resistant bacteria out of our food. Statements by Claudiu Ciprian TĂNĂSESCU (S&D, RO), rapporteur, Françoise GROSSETÊTE (EPP, FR), rapporteur, and Violeta BULC, Member of the EC in charge of Transport.

Veterinary medicinal products: extracts from the joint debate

A new set of European rules aims at curbing the use of antibiotics in farming and establishing stricter rules on food imports to limit the spread of antimicrobial resistance. The transmission of drug resistance from animals to humans is a serious threat to our environment, our food and our health.

Tackling the spread of drug resistance from animals to humans

Infoclip on veterinary medicinal products, showing the vaccination against blue tongue disease of 120 cows in a farm outside Brussels.

Infoclip: Veterinarian medicine

Limiting antibiotic treatment and improving infection control are at the heart of EU efforts to manage the rising threat of animal antimicrobial resistance.

Proposals for controlling antibiotic use in livestock

EP's rapporteur Jasenko Selimović applauds new measures aimed at containing outbreaks of animal diseases and fighting growing antibiotic resistance in animals and humans.

Fewer antibiotics for better animal health

MEPs tackle the overuse of veterinary antibiotics.

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Surge of respiratory infections and the shortage of medication in Europe: extracts from the debate

EPRS - Fighting antibiotic resistance

From plastics to the Sakharov Prize: 5 numbers from Strasbourg

Veterinary medicinal products: extracts from the joint debate

Tackling the spread of drug resistance from animals to humans

Infoclip: Veterinarian medicine

Proposals for controlling antibiotic use in livestock

Fewer antibiotics for better animal health

A different tack for treating sick animals

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Sidestepping Antimicrobial Resistance. The Role of Existing and New Antibiotics

Day of action on antibiotics

Launch Seminar for European Antibiotic Awareness Day

Press conference in Strasbourg on the European Antibiotic Awareness Day

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