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To: National Focal Point for Antimicrobial resistance (ARHAI Programme), Operational Contact Points for Diseases Caused by Antimicrobial-Resistant Microorganisms (AMR)

Cc: National Coordinators (Coordinating Competent Body)

Cc: EARS-Net Disease Network Coordination Committee Observers, WHONET representative, [email protected]

Subject: For your information: EARS-Net outputs with 2023 data published online

Dear colleagues,

For your information, the following outputs related to the European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Network (EARS-Net) have been published on the ECDC website:

• ‘Antimicrobial resistance in the EU/EEA (EARS-Net) Annual Epidemiological Report for 2023’: https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications-data/antimicrobial-resistance-eueea-ears-net-annual-epidemiological-report-2023

• The joint ECDC-WHO/Europe summary ‘Surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in Europe, 2023 data’: https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications-data/surveillance-antimicrobial-resistance-europe-2023-data

• The antimicrobial resistance data in the ‘ECDC Surveillance Atlas of Infectious Diseases’ includes 2023 data: https://atlas.ecdc.europa.eu/public/index.aspx

• ‘External quality assessment (EQA) of the performance of laboratories participating in the European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Network (EARS-Net), 2023’: https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications-data/external-quality-assessment-eqa-performance-laboratories-participating-european-1

Many thanks for all your contributions and your continued support to the network!

Best wishes for the 2024 European Antibiotic Awareness Day (EAAD),

Hanna Merk and Pete Kinross,

on behalf of the ECDC Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare Associated Infections Disease Programme