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Aim:

To co-design, with diverse stakeholders, a One Health antibiotic stewardship intervention for community settings in India.

Objectives:

1. Stimulate reflection and dialogue amongst stakeholders regarding their roles within the healthcare system in the context of AMR.
2. Enable a deeper understanding of the alignments and misalignments between antibiotic stewardship practices and the realities of the health and antibiotic systems (private and public), supply chain incentives and business models, and community needs.
3. Engage stakeholders in the co-design of an intervention for antibiotic stewardship in primary care and community settings.
4. Develop and evaluate a strategy for multi-stakeholder engagement to influence policy.

Dates of consultations and stakeholder groups:

1. Development of tier-wise guidelines for antibiotic use in human and livestock health
2. Continuing training and orientation about antibiotics for all supply chain actors and communities
3. Antimicrobial resistance surveillance at different tiers of the health system to understand patterns of resistance
4. Prescription audits for health professionals
5.  Development of a multi-pronged approach for the pharmaceutical stakeholders to align the promotion and marketing of antibiotics with guidelines.
6. Strengthening mentorship and referral links between formal and informal providers in human and veterinary sectors, to create stepped care models for less accessible rural areas.

Summaries of individual consultations:

• Veterinary sector   
• Medical practitioners   
• Pharmaceutical sector    
• Policymakers