The Quadripartite organizations jointly provide global guidance on One Health integrated surveillance of AMR and AMU and provide technical support to implementing countries. In this regard, the Quadripartite is jointly publishing guidance on One Health integrated surveillance of AMR and AMU. This overarching guidance document will support countries and organizations in developing integrated AMR and AMU surveillance systems across the human, animal, crops/plants and environmental sectors – using a One Health approach and a priority of the Global Leaders Group (GLG) on AMR. It also aligns with the Quadripartite One Health Research Agenda for AMR, which highlights integrated surveillance as a key research area in tackling AMR globally. In addition, the guidance will support the realisation of the key commitments of the political declaration approved following the 79th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) High-Level Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). The guidance provides countries with essential frameworks and considerations for designing surveillance systems based on national contexts and available resources. Following this overarching guidance, the Quadripartite plans to develop technical implementation documents, on an as-needed basis, to provide procedural details that support the establishment of integrated surveillance systems for AMR and AMU. 

The Quadripartite Technical Group on Integrated Surveillance on antimicrobial use and resistance – QTG-AIS: To support the development of the overarching guidance, the Quadripartite convened a Technical Group on Integrated Surveillance of AMR/AMU, composed of international experts across relevant sectors. The QTG-AIS was charged with providing advice to the Quadripartite on needs, scope and format on integrated surveillance; review and refine the current definition of integrated surveillance and agree on priority needs in different contexts; and provide strategic and technical advice to the Global Leaders Group on AMR.