5.8 Reflecting on your role

If your country is enrolled with GLASS and has a national AMR surveillance system for human health, you should be able see your GLASS country profile [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)] (WHO, 2017) by selecting it from the ‘Select Country’ drop-down menu on the right-hand side of the page. Don’t worry if your country doesn’t appear; try to find a country that is nearest to yours in size and income level.

Jot down key details from your country’s profile, such as:

• What information does your country submit to GLASS?
• Which sample types?
• Which pathogens?

If your country isn’t enrolled with GLASS, jot down key steps you think the government, national agencies, local agencies and public policy departments can take to enable this transition.

• What other considerations do you think can be highlighted?
• Is there a framework outlining any of these e.g. legal, ethical, governance?

The WHO website details country AMR-NAPs. (Open the quiz in a new tab or window by holding down ‘Ctrl’ (or ‘Cmd’ on a Mac) when you click on the link.)

Find your country’s NAP (if one has been published) and answer the following questions:

1. What does your country NAP say about the data the national AMR surveillance system reports on? Are both AMR and AMC data reported, or only one of the two?
2. Can you identify the NCC, NRL and surveillance sites in your country?
3. How many surveillance sites have enrolled? Are they hospitals, outpatient centres, or both?

Record your findings in the note box.

Note, try using the search function on your computer or look at the contents page of the report to find the information you need.

Hint - see the German or Indian examples given in the activity in Section 3.4.