Table 1

Countries in the WHO European Region and their status regarding gonococcal antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance

European Union (EU) countriesEuropean Economic Area (EEA) countriesNon-EU/EEA countries
AustriaIcelandAlbania
BelgiumLiechtenstein*Andorra
BulgariaNorwayArmenia†
CyprusAzerbaijan†
Czech RepublicBelarus
CroatiaBosnia and Herzegovina
DenmarkGeorgia†
EstoniaIsrael
FinlandKazakhstan†
FranceKyrgyzstan
GermanyMonaco
GreeceMontenegro
HungaryRepublic of Moldova†
IrelandRussian Federation
ItalySan Marino
LatviaSerbia
LithuaniaSwitzerland
LuxembourgTajikistan†
MaltaThe former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
The NetherlandsTurkey
PolandTurkmenistan
PortugalUkraine†
RomaniaUzbekistan†
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
UK
  • Bold underlined letters: countries (n = 21) included in the European Gonococcal Antimicrobial Surveillance Programme (Euro-GASP) that is funded and coordinated by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC).

  • Bold letters: countries (n=5) with AMR data, quality assured according to WHO standards, internationally available during the last year(s).

  • *Liechtenstein is not included in the WHO European Region, however, is one of the three EEA countries.

  • †Countries that have been surveyed and had professionals trained in quality assured gonococcal culture and AMR testing, according to WHO standards, but AMR data are still not available.