Government Resolution No. 879 constituting the National Committee for Limiting Antimicrobial Resistance.

This Government Resolution establishes the National Committee for the Limitation of Antimicrobial Resistance, its technical structure, without legal person, under the coordination of the Ministry of Health, with the aim of developing and monitoring the implementation of the National Strategy on the prudent use of antibiotics, limiting the increase in microbial resistance to antibiotics in the population and animals and preventing the spread of resistant microorganisms at the national level. The main duties of the National Committee for Limiting Antimicrobial Resistance are: (a) approving and monitoring the implementation of the National Strategy on the prudent use of antibiotics, limiting the increase in microbial resistance to antibiotics in the population and animals and preventing the spread of resistant microorganisms at the national level; (b) coordinating the activities that will take place within the National Action Plan; and (c) submitting proposals to the authorities.