AMR & Infectious Diseases Q4 2023
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One Health approach: human, animal and environmental health united
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a complex public health matter that asks for complex solutions, and it disproportionately impacts marginalised populations across countries. The pronouncement about the threat of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) is real. It continues to put unprecedented pressure on health and care services in Europe, widens health inequities in a post-pandemic society and goes...
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The AMR PULL incentive: keep calm but go quick
AMR will not be solved without innovation. No innovation is possible without attractive market conditions. This duality is now well understood by the political world, which has already started to work. The threat of antimicrobial resistance continues to grow. The number of resistant infections is growing by 20% a year in Europe and is causing...
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Why the UN High-Level Meeting is critical to the fight against AMR
Next year, the United Nations will hold a High-Level Meeting (HLM) to discuss the global coordination necessary to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR). The rise of AMR continues to be one of the biggest threats to global health and modern medicine. An estimated 1.2 million people die from antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections every year, and this resistance...
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