WHO Regional Office for Europe Antimicrobial Medicines Consumption (‎AMC)‎ Network: AMC data 2020–2021

Overview

This report presents analyses of data on antimicrobial medicines consumption collected from non-European Union countries in the WHO European Region – 13 countries provided 2020 data and 10 countries provided 2021 data. The analyses show the results for key metrics of antibiotic consumption including total use, relative use of agents according to the WHO Access, Watch and Reserve (‎AWaRe)‎ classification, and concordance with WHO monitoring indicators for responsible use of antibiotics. Analyses explore the possible impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on volumes and patterns of consumption of antibiotics.