Global Antimicrobial Resistance and Use Surveillance System (GLASS) Report: Early Implementation 2020

The Global Antimicrobial Resistance and Use Surveillance System (GLASS) Report: Early Implementation 2020 is the third GLASS report. The aims of this report are to:

• describe the elements and status of development of GLASS;
• summarize the results of the data call on 2018 AMR data from participating countries, territories and areas;
• summarize participation of countries, territories and areas and their progress in AMR-related surveillance; and
• summarize AMR surveillance activities globally.

By the end of the data call (31 July 2019), 82 countries, territories and areas were enrolled in the AMR module, comprising 13 low income, 23 lower–middle-income, 16 upper–middle-income and 30 high-income countries, territories and areas in all WHO regions. Of these, 78 countries, territories or areas reported to GLASS during the data call, of which 66 reported data on AMR. Of these, 12 provided information on the status of their national AMR surveillance systems, 1 reported AMR data for 2018, and 65 countries, territories and areas provided both information on the status of their national surveillance system and AMR data for 2018.