Critically Important Antibacterial Agents for Human Medicine for Risk Management Strategies of Non-Human Use

The World Health Organization convened an international expert Drafting Group on Critically Important Antimicrobials for Human Health from 15 to 18 February 2005 in Canberra, Australia.

The meeting was organized to follow up a FAO/WHO/OIE consultative process on Non-Human Antimicrobial Usage and Antimicrobial Resistance (1st Workshop on Scientific Assessment, December 2003 in Geneva, and 2nd Workshop on Management Options, March 2004 in Oslo).