For me personally, and for the NCCID, the biggest revelation was the fact that public health physicians, the public officers of health of different jurisdictions, did not see antimicrobial stewardship or resistance as part.... They have millions of problems on their desks that are related to multiple health concerns. Antimicrobial resistance was a threat that looked like something that is removed and not present.
Engaging them in the conversation has been very gratifying, because I think we now have champions. We have people who are interested. It's a matter of making the information available and finding more champions in additional jurisdictions. For that, a national centre that coordinates those efforts and copies those success stories.... We don't need to recreate the wheel for every region. We need to use the expertise available in centres of excellence.
In order for that to happen, we need sustainable funding, so those activities will be—