The Public Health Agency of Sweden is responsible for communicable and non-communicable diseases surveillance, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) containment and infection prevention and control (IPC) in Sweden. It supports the development of the Global Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System (GLASS) and chairs the WHO collaborating centre network for AMR containment. The Agency works with stakeholders like the National Board of Health and Welfare, Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, regional bodies, and hospitals on AMR and IPC issues through surveillance, guidelines, and policies.

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Public Health Agency of Sweden
• ~500 persons in two sites
• Merge between former Swedish CDC and Public Health Institute
• Communicable and non-communicable diseases
• Laboratory (including BSL4) and ”dry”
• AMR and IPC
– Surveillance
– AMR
– AB use (perscriptions) and consumption
– Health-care associated infections
– Laboratory
– Policies and evidence/knowledge

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WHO collaborating centre for AMR
containment
• Supporting development of GLASS
– Technical content
– Supportive materials (written, webex seminars etc)
• Recent chair of CC network since its´ start
• Country missions; assistance requested by the WHO

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Main stakeholders – human medicine
National level
The Public Health
Agency of Sweden
National Board of
Health and Welfare
Ministry of Health and Social
Affairs
Professional and
interest organizations
Health and Social Care
Inspectorate
Regional level
Local adaptation
Operational Communicable
diseases officers
Microbiology lab
IPC units
Strama groups

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Johan Struwe
• MD, PhD, Specialist and associate prof in Infectious diseases
• Responsible for University hospital IPC and stewardship program at
Karolinska Hospital Huddinge
• Seconded to AMR-team at WHO Geneva 2012-2014
• Chair AMR-EG NDPHS
2019-07-026