Monitoring of AMR

MAFF has operated the Japanese Veterinary Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (JVARM) since 1999. This system was presented in a WHO report (Antimicrobial resistance: global report on surveillance 2014) as one of the monitoring case examples, suggesting that JVARM has provided important information worldwide. JVARM was developed to monitor the trend of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria against major antimicrobials and to obtain basic data of assessment/management of risk for human health and veterinary care caused by antimicrobials.
The JVARM is composed of the following three types of research:
1) Research on sales of antimicrobials in animals
2) Research on antimicrobial resistance in animal pathogens
3) Research on antimicrobial resistance in foodborne pathogens/indicator bacteria