Strategy StAR

Together with the international community, Switzerland must prevent the development of new resistant organisms and limit their transmission and spread. With these aims in mind, the Swiss Strategy on Antibiotic Resistance (StAR) specifies eight strategic action areas and objectives. StAR was formally approved by the Federal Council on 18 November 2015.

Here you can read about the eight fields of activity of the StAR Strategy

Various actions have been initiated and pursued since the Swiss Strategy on Antibiotic Resistance (StAR) was adopted in 2016. They have been successful, too: the consumption of antibiotics in Switzerland has been reduced, and the growth of such resistance has been stabilised for now. The global problem of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) continues to grow, however, and makes AMR one of the most urgent challenges faced by the healthcare systems of the 21st Century. For Switzerland it is crucial that StAR continues to be pursued with both vigour and precision, and with due and full regard to all the latest findings in the field.

The cooperation between the different areas is extremely important to ensure each area's integrity.