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dcterms:Date	"2011-10-26"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Public health threat of antimicrobial resistance (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20111026.20.3-307-000"2
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lpv:speaker	lp:Judith A. Merkies2
lpv:spokenAs	member; ITRE (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 unknown; Partij van de Arbeid (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; Delegation for relations with the Arab Peninsula (2009-10-13--2014-06-30)3 member; PETI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3 member; Delegation for relations with the United States (2009-09-16--2014-06-30)3 member; S&D (2009-07-14--2014-06-30)3 substitute; ENVI (2009-07-16--2012-01-18)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, we are all firmly of the belief that resistance to antibiotics is a life-threatening risk: pneumonias that can no longer be treated, hospitals struggling with MRSA cases, outbreaks of the EHEC virus. On that we agree. You have said that it will be difficult for us to develop an approach, which is why I have come up with six rules for you on how to fight the development of resistance. First of all, let us stop prescribing antibiotics for preventive purposes. Instead, let us only prescribe them for curative purposes and, therefore, only administer antibiotics if the animal is ill, and then only the animal concerned and not, in the first instance, the whole barn. Treat a sick animal like a sick human. Just because one person in the European Parliament has an ear infection, it does not mean that the whole plenary sitting needs a course of antibiotics. Secondly, prohibit the sale of antibiotics by veterinary surgeons directly to farmers. Make sure pharmacies, the middlemen, are properly informed that they should only dispense antibiotics on prescription. In Denmark, this has led to a direct and immediate decline in use. Moreover, that will lead to greater supervision, which brings me to my third point: proper statistics for the use and prescription of antibiotics. We need statistics for individual diseases, individual animals and individual regions. That will enable us to draw comparisons, including when it comes to human diseases, and then we will have a greater insight into the possible transmission of diseases from animals to people and into the development of resistance. Fourthly, introduce a leader system. A reduction to minimum health and safety standards. That will enable us to find out what a safe minimum standard is. We need all Member States to comply with that health and safety minimum standard. Fifthly, be fully committed to research. It appears that only five of the fifteen leading global pharmaceutical companies are involved in antibiotics research. We have an ambition to become a Union of Innovation and that means that we have to prevent fragmentation and duplication. Let us fully commit to research and explore the possible alternatives. Lastly, put an end to intensive livestock farming, change our meat-eating habits, because that is where it all starts. That is the long and short of it."@en1
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