Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) both in human and veterinary medicine has reached alarming levels in most parts of the world and has now been recognized as a significant emerging threat to global public health and food security. In June 2015, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nati...ons (FAO) passed a resolution on AMR at its governing Conference. This followed the adoption of counterpart resolutions on AMR by The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and the World Health Organization (WHO) in May 20152, and marked the beginning of a joint effort by the three organizations to combat AMR globally. more

The new Global Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) guidelines advice to focus treatment in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) on improvement of functional state, prevention of disease progression and minimization of symptoms. So far no validated questionnaires are available to measure symptom ...and functional state in daily clinical practice. The aim of this study was to develop and validate the Clinical COPD Questionnaire (CCQ). more