The National Strategy of the Russian Federation for Preventing the Spread of Antimicrobial Resistance: Challenges and Prospects of Controlling One of the Global Biological Threats of the 21st Century

Abstract

Microorganism resistance to medicinal products and disinfectants reduces the efficacy of prevention and treatment of human infectious diseases, increases the severity and duration of such diseases as well as the mortality rates, and is therefore regarded as a major global health issue. With a view to implementing the Russian National Security Strategy and the Principles of the National Policy in the Sphere of Chemical and Biological Safety of the Russian Federation up to 2025 and beyond, and with due regard to the Concept of the Long-Term Social and Economic Development of the Russian Federation until 2030 — the Government of the Russian Federation issued a resolution (in 2017) that approved the Strategy for Prevention and Combating the Resistance of Microorganisms and Plant Pests to Medicinal Products, Chemical and Biological Agents up to 2030 and beyond (hereinafter — Strategy). The Strategy is a federal document that defines the aim and objectives of controlling the biological threat coming from the spread of microorganism and plant pest resistance to medicines, chemical and biological agents. The article analyses the aim and objectives of the Strategy, dwells upon specific features of the document, summarises the main stages and expected results of measures outlined in the document, and describes some aspects of its implementation.