Abstract
Abstract In its latest Health Policy Studies report, OECD stated that the highest rates of antimicrobial resistance (around 35% in Turkey, Korea and Greece) were seven times higher than the lowest rates among its member countries in 2015. As the OECD country with the highest resistance (38.8%) despite a 15-year hospital antibiotic restriction programme, Turkey is in urgent need of revising its policies and drawing an effective action plan to reverse the current trend. In this commentary, we review previous measures taken to tackle antimicrobial overuse and resistance in Turkey and discuss their effectiveness.
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