4. Believes that the negative effect – amplified in rural areas in particular – of disintegrating health systems on maternal health is of major concern, given the declining availability of beds, the lack of trained staff and the risk that (future) mothers will be hindered from going to hospitals when necessary, or will later refrain from doing so; emphasises, therefore, that such negative perceptions keep patients at home in the hands of female caregivers; insists on the need to invest in measures targeted at pregnant women, in order to provide them with adequate care and to build trust between ...[+++] female patients and caregivers; asks the Commission and the Member States to provide financial support for these efforts; calls on the Commission and the Member States to implement gender budgeting in all EU relevant funding, prioritising funding for women and children, and for sexual and reproductive health and rights;

Abbotsford is an acute care hospital with a full cancer centre.

5. Underlines that the key objective of any AMR strategy is to maintain the efficiency of existing antimicrobials by using them responsibly at the correct therapeutic level only when strictly necessary and prescribed over a specific time at the appropriate dosage, and reducing the use of antimicrobials in general and especially of Critically-Important Antimicrobials (CIAs) in human and veterinary medicine, thereby also taking into account the OIE List ; underlines the absolute need for an active holistic approach, based on a 'One Health' perspective, in order to achieve better and more efficient coordination between the human health sec ...[+++]tor and the veterinary sector; calls for enhanced surveillance of the use of antimicrobials in babies and young children, as well as in clinical treatment, where there is a need to control and measure antimicrobial use;

5. Underlines that the key objective of any AMR strategy is to maintain the efficiency of existing antimicrobials by using them responsibly at the correct therapeutic level only when strictly necessary and prescribed over a specific time at the appropriate dosage, and reducing the use of antimicrobials in general and especially of Critically-Important Antimicrobials (CIAs) in human and veterinary medicine, thereby also taking into account the OIE List ; underlines the absolute need for an active holistic approach, based on a 'One Health' perspective, in order to achieve better and more efficient coordination between the human health sec ...[+++]tor and the veterinary sector; calls for enhanced surveillance of the use of antimicrobials in babies and young children, as well as in clinical treatment, where there is a need to control and measure antimicrobial use;

Moreover, home care can be a cost-effective alternative to long-term facility care, and long-term care in the home can reduce or avoid the need for costly acute-care hospitalization.

I understand that only one in a thousand Canadians in a tertiary hospital ends up in an acute care hospital.