BETA

9 Amendments of Alda SOUSA related to 2012/2041(INI)

Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas much of the antimicrobial resistance problem stems from the misuse of antibiotics, particularly of excessive use;
2012/09/19
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas many Member States do not have a solid legal and regulatory framework to mandate and support the rational use of medicines;
2012/09/19
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas effective surveillance in both the human health and the veterinary sector is the cornerstone of national and international efforts to control antimicrobial resistance;
2012/09/19
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas the widespread use of powerful and persistent chemical agents in livestock and poultry production operations, aquaculture and agriculture, is associated with the emergence of drug- resistant infections in these settings and has been linked to the establishment and spread of drug-resistant infections in humans;
2012/09/19
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 26 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)
Ha. whereas there is a need to educate and raise awareness among those involved in antimicrobial use, including policy-makers, health professionals and the general public, to bring about the necessary changes in prescribers', dispensers' and citizens' behaviour;
2012/09/19
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses the importance of establishing an effective European network of national surveillance systems in the human health and veterinary sectors in order to facilitate the compilation of clear, comparable, transparent and timely reference data on antimicrobial drug usage; calls for the transmission to surveillance systems of data on the prescription and sales of all antimicrobial agents for use in humans and animals; believes this should be based on the existing monitoring networks operated by EFSA, the ECDC European Surveillance of Antimicrobial Consumption Network (ESAC-net), the ECDC European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Network (EARS-net), and the EMA European Surveillance of Veterinary Antimicrobial Consumption (ESVAC);
2012/09/19
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14 a (new)
14a. Calls on Member States to establish infection control programmes, based on current best practice, with the responsibility for effective management on antimicrobial resistance in hospitals, long-term care institutions and herds of food production animals;
2012/09/19
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 120 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on the Member States to raise awareness on over-the-counter sales of antibiotics and to prevent all illegal sales of antimicrobials including illegal sales over the Internet in both the human health sector and the veterinary sector;
2012/09/19
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Supports an international approach to the control of counterfeit antimicrobials in line with the WHO guidelines;
2012/09/19
Committee: ENVI