Press Release: New resolution on antimicrobial resistance to mobilize action
As a member of the AMR Multi-Stakeholder Partnership Platform established by FAO, UNEP, WHO and WOAH, the Centre to Impact AMR was proud to contribute towards and support the recent WHO resolution to accelerate national and global responses on antimicrobial resistance.
New resolution on antimicrobial resistance to mobilize action
Today, delegates approved a resolution to accelerate national and global responses on antimicrobial resistance (AMR), ahead of the second UN General Assembly High-Level Meeting (HLM) on AMR to take place in September 2024.
AMR is an urgent global health and socioeconomic challenge. An estimated 1.3 million global deaths per year are attributable to drug-resistant bacterial infections. AMR threatens people of all ages, in all regions, with low- and middle-income countries most affected.
Under the broad concept of a people-centred approach, the resolution welcomes the WHO strategic and operational priorities to address drug-resistant bacterial infections in the human health sector (2025–2035), with the four strategic priorities of: prevention of infections; universal access to affordable, quality diagnosis and appropriate treatment of infections; strategic information, science and innovation; and effective governance and financing of the human health sector response to AMR.
The resolution urges Member States to apply these priorities and implement the core package of country-level interventions through their AMR national action plans. Areas of focus include the governance, funding, implementation and monitoring of national action plans, and the development of a concise and action-oriented, consensus-based political declaration for adoption at the HLM.
The resolution also requests the Director-General to provide a status update and guidance to countries in preparation for the HLM on AMR. WHO is committed to provide technical support to expedite national responses to AMR and to develop progress reports on the resolution’s implementation.
Related links
A77/A/CONF./1 Committee A Conference Paper: Antimicrobial resistance: accelerating national and global responses
UN General Assembly High-Level Meeting on antimicrobial resistance 2024
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