BMC Veterinary Research is pleased to launch a series called Combating Veterinary Antimicrobial Resistance, as the importance of combating antimicrobial resistance is increasing day by day.
To make a long story short: in the future, available antimicrobials may not be effective in treating many life-threatening bacterial infections in humans and livestock.
This message is very simple, but if you read it a few times and consider the possible consequences, this message will chill your spine.
Microbiologists have long warned of the challenges we face in the 21st century, because many scientists have predicted the possibility of an emerging viral pandemic1. In the real world, we see that we are not prepared for this possibility. The same story applies to the issue of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), as Alexander Fleming warned in an interview with The New York Times in 1945 that the abuse of antibiotics can lead to the selection of resistant bacteria2.
Many scientific facts and predictions may not be implemented as mandatory rules by the state and health authorities because they may be busy with small problems in daily life rather than finding positive solutions.
AMR is a multifaceted problem that needs to be solved as a whole. We need to understand a health perspective that treats human, animal, and environmental health as an integrated system. Although there is an urgent need to develop such systems, in most cases or in most developing countries3,4, a single health approach still seems to be an interesting idea rather than an action-oriented approach.
It is worth noting that, as discussed at the UN General Assembly in April 2021, AMR has been regarded as a global challenge to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of many countries around the world. 5 The President of the UN General Assembly Volkan Bozkir emphasized this global importance. The unheard of sex "Antimicrobial resistance is an invisible pandemic that we ignore. Measures to respond to AMR must be at the core of future pandemic preparedness and COVID-19 recovery plans. The One Health approach will help us better Recognize the interconnections between people, animals, plants and our shared environment, so that our world is healthier for all people".5
In the 21st century, we, the global inhabitants of the earth are more closely connected than ever before, and a growing problem in a particular area may become an international crisis in a few years. On the other hand, there are several economic or geographic boundaries that prevent researchers from working together to solve large-scale global problems like AMR. When today’s issues are so intertwined and complex, how can we predict a better future?
Many scientists have proven that despite the difficulties and limited resources, they are ready to work together for a better future. It seems that we need more international research groups to find more practical solutions to various problems such as AMR.
Facts have proved that the BMC series is an excellent community that brings together different ideas of international importanceand is publicly accessible worldwide. We are pleased to announce the new AMR series at BMC Veterinary Research called Combating Veterinary Antimicrobial Resistance.
The submission deadline for this series is March 31, 2022, and we are happy to invite researchers to share their valuable thoughts on the global importance of this series.
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