Table 2.
Types of capacity building support needed by CSOs to deploy AMR-related activities
| Resources |
# of times selected* |
% of CSO choosing this resource (35) * |
| Training in basic principles of AMR | 21 | 60 |
| Access to best practice examples/case studies | 19 | 54 |
| Networking opportunities | 17 | 49 |
| Planning tools (such as stakeholder analysis) | 14 | 40 |
| Information on national and global AMR policies and plans | 14 | 40 |
| Targeting tools (such as websites, blogs, and media engagement) | 13 | 37 |
| Monitoring and evaluation tools (such as Outcome Mapping) | 13 | 37 |
| Access to data and scientific reports | 12 | 34 |
| Technical guidance | 7 | 20 |
| Other | 6 | 2 |
| Training topic | # of times ranked as choice 1 | % of CSOs #1 choice (35) |
| Understand the development and main causes of AMR | 10 | 29 |
| Training in communication to influence behaviour change in all relevant sectors | 8 | 23 |
| Understand the basic principles of infection prevention and control (IPC), i.e. hand hygiene to prevent transmission of infections and health-associated infections (HAIs) | 5 | 14 |
| Training in communication to empower health-care providers to challenge misuse or overuse of antibiotics | 3 | 9 |
| Understand the potential for cost savings and health gains associated with effective infection control and appropriate antimicrobial use | 2 | 6 |
| Understand the impact of resistance on choice of antimicrobial therapy for treating infections | 1 | 3 |
| Understand the morbidity, mortality and economic threat of AMR to human health | 1 | 3 |
| Understand antimicrobial use in food-animal production. Problems, solutions, challenges | 1 | 3 |
| Understand local AMR epidemiology, resistance and susceptibility patterns and use of guidelines | 1 | 3 |
| Understand the diagnostic role of the microbiology laboratory in detecting infections, resistance patterns, guiding patient management and informing AMR control strategies | 1 | 3 |
| Training in digital skills and online-advocacy methods | 1 | 3 |
| Training in skills such as: communication of public messages, monitoring and evaluation, proposal writing | 1 | 3 |
* In several cases the CSOs chose more than one option. For this reason, the sum of votes is above 35.