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Adapting to a Global Health Challenge: Managing Antimicrobial Resistance in the Nordics
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Abstract This article explores the adaptation of Norway and Sweden to one of the major challenges to global public health, antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Guided by assumptions derived from institutional theory, the article investigates whether, and, if so, how the AMR problem has affected the two Nordic cou... view more
This article explores the adaptation of Norway and Sweden to one of the major challenges to global public health, antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Guided by assumptions derived from institutional theory, the article investigates whether, and, if so, how the AMR problem has affected the two Nordic countries’ administrative systems and frameworks for Nordic cooperation. The article builds on selected literature, expert interviews, and public documents. The findings suggest that the international impact on Norway and Sweden’s managerial adaptation to AMR is limited. Instead, adaptation takes place through incremental change within existing structures for disease prevention and control and follows traditional ways of organizing political and administrative systems.... view less
Keywords
Norway; Sweden; Northern Europe; cooperation; Europeanization; health policy; public health; prophylaxis
Classification
Health Policy
Free Keywords
antimicrobial resistance; disease control; disease prevention; public administration
Document language
English
Publication Year
2020
Page/Pages
p. 53-64
Journal
Politics and Governance, 8 (2020) 4
Issue topic
Rediscovering Nordic Cooperation
ISSN
2183-2463
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed