Activities of Urszula KRUPA related to 2017/2254(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
A European One Health Action Plan against Antimicrobial Resistance (A8-0257/2018 - Karin Kadenbach) PL
Amendments (24)
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the excessive and inappropriate use of antibiotics, particularly in livestock farming (antibiotics used for prophylaxis and as antibiotic growth activators) and poor infection control practices have progressively rendered antimicrobial resistance (AMR) a massive threat to humankind;
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Amendment 72 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E b (new)
Recital E b (new)
Eb. whereas patients should have access to healthcare and treatment options, including to complementary and alternative treatments and medicines, based on their own choice and preference;
Amendment 74 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E c (new)
Recital E c (new)
Ec. whereas competition is an important factor in the overall balance of the pharmaceutical market and can lower costs, reduce expenditure on medicines and improve timely access for patients to affordable medicines, with higher quality standards being observed in the research and development process;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E d (new)
Recital E d (new)
Ed. whereas numerous diseases caused by microbes can be effectively combated not with antibiotics, leading to drug resistance, but with early diagnosis combined with new and existing medicines and other admissible treatment methods and practices permitted in the EU, thereby saving millions of lives of people and animals throughout the EU;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E e (new)
Recital E e (new)
Ee. whereas the gap between growing resistance to antimicrobial agents and the development of new antimicrobial agents is widening; whereas drug-resistant diseases could cause 10 million deaths a year worldwide by 2050; whereas it is estimated that every year in the EU at least 25 000 people die of infections caused by resistant bacteria, at an annual cost of EUR 1.5 billion, while only one novel class of antibiotics has been developed in the past 40 years;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Believes that in order to take sufficient steps to tackle AMR, the One Health or Health Chain principle must play a central role, reflecting the fact that the health of people and animals are interconnecteddepends to a large extent on the quality of animal husbandry for agriculture and the food industry, and that diseases are often transmitted from people to animals and vice versa; stresses, therefore, that diseases have to be tackled in both people and animals, while also taking into consideration the environment, which can be another source of resistant microorganismsanimals to people; stresses, therefore, that combating human diseases and tackling antimicrobial resistance must address as a priority the misuse of such drugs in animal husbandry;
Amendment 107 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Stresses that the appropriate and prudent use of antimicrobials isand of prevention and health education are essential to limiting the emergence of AMR in human healthcare, and, furthermore, in animal husbandry and aquaculture; stresses that there are considerable differences in the way Member States handle and address AMR; calls on the Commission to consider mandatory routine collection and submission of monitoring data at EU level and to establish indicators to measure progress in the fight against AMR;
Amendment 142 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to align surveillance, monitoring and reporting of the use of specific antibiotics in the EU and of AMR patterns and pathogens;
Amendment 148 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls on the Commission to develop standardised surveys for collecting data on HAIs and to examine the risks to large human and animal populations during epidemics and pandemics;
Amendment 157 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Urges the Commission to expand the role and funding of the ECDC in the fight against AMR, infection prevention and education of the public and medical and veterinary personnel;
Amendment 167 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Emphasises that infection prevenmonitoring animal husbandry for agriculture and the food industry, infection prevention, health education, biosecurity measures and control practices are critical in the control of all infectious microorganisms as they reduce the need for antimicrobials and consequently opportunities for microorganisms to develop and spread resistance;
Amendment 181 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to develop public health messages to raise public awareness and in doing so promote a change in behaviour towards the use of antibiotics and to use instruments relating to early diagnosis and treatment with new and existing medicines and other admissible treatment methods and practices permitted in the EU, thereby saving millions of lives of people and animals throughout the EU; underlines the importance of promoting ‘health literacy’, since it is crucial that patients understand healthcare information and are able to follow treatment instructions accurately;
Amendment 195 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Urges the Commission and Member States to create harmonised quality standards in EU-wide curricula and proper stewardship for health professionals in relation to prescribing, dosage, use and disposal of antimicrobials and to use instruments relating to early diagnosis and treatment with new and existing medicines and other admissible treatment methods and practices permitted in the EU, thereby saving millions of lives of people and animals throughout the EU; calls on the Commission and the Member States to inform the public of the consequences of drug resistance;
Amendment 206 #
9. Is aware that health professionals often need to make quick decisions on therapeutic indication for antibiotic treatment; notes that rapid diagnostic tests can help to support these decisions; notes that the use of various immunosuppression methods and early prevention of infections and drug- resistant diseases is undervalued in the human and animal health protection system;
Amendment 236 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to restrict or stop the sale of antibiotics by those doctors or veterinarians who prescribe them in a manner which is irresponsible or not in accordance with medical principles;
Amendment 257 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Highlights the value of vaccines and other methods of immunosuppression in combating AMR; recommends integration of targets for life-long vaccination as a key element of national action plans on AMR;
Amendment 272 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Highlights the fact that the pollution of the environment by human and veterinary antibiotic residuesantibiotic residues, particularly in livestock farming, is an emerging problem and encourages further research into the relative impact of this pollution on AMR;
Amendment 343 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls on the Commission to increase funding for early research in epidemiology and immunology of AMR pathogens, in particular the pathways of transmission between animals and humansfrom animals to humans, and between animals and humans in the context of an abiotic environment;
Amendment 352 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to promote early and continuous dialogue with all stakeholders to elaborate incentives for research and development (R&D) in the field of AMR; acknowledges that there best way to combat AMR is nto ‘one-size- fits-all’ approachtackle the misuse of antimicrobials in livestock farming;
Amendment 363 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to support the implementation of new economic models, pilot projects and incentives to boost the development of new diagnostics, antibiotics, alternatives and vaccines and improve conditions in livestock farming, thereby making it possible to reduce the use of antimicrobials in that field;
Amendment 401 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Recalls that owing to the complexity of the problem, its cross-border dimension, the severe consequences for human and animal healthhealth, the consequences for livestock farming and the high economic burden, AMR requires urgent and coordinated global and intersectoral action;
Amendment 415 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Notes that AMR is of serious concern in many poverty-related and neglected diseases (PRNDs), including HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis (TB) and diseases connected with epidemics and pandemics; highlights that about 29 % of deaths caused by AMR are due to drug- resistant TB, and calls on the Commission and the Member States to increase their support to research for health tools to address PRNDs affected by AMR;
Amendment 436 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to strengthen measures to combat illegal practices related to the trade and use of antimicrobials in livestock farming and the trade and use of antimicrobials and to promote legal immunosuppression practices which reduce drug resistance;