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Table 1 Response options for assessment criteria

From: Assessing transparency and accountability of national action plans on antimicrobial resistance in 15 African countries

Assessment criteria

Response options

Type of information

Corresponding domain in Anderson et al. governance framework

Yes

Partly

No

1

National action plan on AMR

Transparency (domain five)

NAP document on publicly accessible website

Parts of the NAP document publicly available

Document not publicly available

2

NAP AMR annual progress report(s)

Report available detailing implementation status and progress regarding objectives of the NAP

Fragmented information available in articles or reports on specific aspects of NAP implementation status (e.g. in MOH news articles or Bulletins)

No information on progress publicly available

3

AMR surveillance data

At least some AMR data available in GLASS report and/or through other national annual surveillance reports/databases

Information about surveillance system indicators reported to GLASS or surveillance data available but not for all years since reporting started

No AMR surveillance data publicly available

4

Funding allocated to AMR NAP

Information on government and potentially other funding allocated to AMR NAP implementation publicly available (e.g. in federal budget books or on other government websites)

Information on amount of at least some external funding for AMR NAP implementation available but no government budget

No information on funding publicly available

5

Name and structure of body with mandate to coordinate and implement NAP

Accountability (domain four)

Name of body and mandate publicly available

Name of body publicly available but mandate unclear or only plans to establish body but no information that is has been established

No responsible body with official mandate named publicly

6

Name of responsible person nominated in each sector

Name of responsible person nominated in each sector publicly available (human, animal and environment health)

Name publicly available of at least one responsible person nominated for specific sector, as general AMR focal point or as GLASS focal person

No name of any responsible individual publicly available