AMR Exchange: Addressing Health Inequities by Strengthening Antibiotic Resistance Webinar

AMR Exchange: Addressing Health Inequities by Strengthening Antibiotic Resistance Webinar

The COVID-19 pandemic has presented many challenges and opportunities to improve antibiotic use and sustain antibiotic stewardship, or efforts to improve antibiotic use and prescribing, including through reducing and eliminating health disparities. Health disparities are closely linked with social, economic, and/or environmental disadvantages or other characteristics historically linked to discrimination or exclusion. These disparities could be created or exacerbated in locations with fewer resources to allocate to antibiotic stewardship activities, increasing the likelihood of developing side effects or adverse events, such as Clostridioides difficile infection, and contributing to antimicrobial resistance. CDC works with healthcare providers and partners to characterize disparities in antibiotic prescribing and use to identify where opportunities exist to improve the quality of care and equity across all healthcare settings and in all communities.

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