This Antimicrobial Prescribing and Stewardship Issue (volume 1) consist of manuscripts, including original research, review articles, case series, and opinion papers for topics related to antimicrobial (antibiotic, antifungal) stewardship, including:

Disease-based/organism-based antimicrobial stewardship;

Diagnostic stewardship;

Influence of antimicrobial utilisation changes in antimicrobial resistance;

Impact of antimicrobial stewardship on quality performance measures and patient outcomes;

Novel antimicrobial stewardship education and training approaches or interventions aimed at the public and/or healthcare workers;

Behavioural change approaches to antimicrobial stewardship;

Collaborative practice agreements in antimicrobial stewardship;

Antimicrobial stewardship in special populations (e.g., paediatrics, geriatrics, emergency medicine, hematology/oncology);

Tackling AMR through antimicrobial stewardship in low- and middle-income countries;

Antimicrobial stewardship for animal health;

Antimicrobial stewardship in alternative settings (e.g., community practice, long-term care, and resource-limited small and rural hospitals);

Antimicrobial use and stewardship in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic;

Global collaborations to tackle AMR through antimicrobial stewardship.