The complex health challenge of AMR and the need for One Health Approach

Often referred as a silent pandemic, AMR is one of the top 10 global health threats facing humanity according to WHO

Anti-microbial resistance (AMR) is an urgent global public health threat that is driven at large by injudicious anti-microbial use across human, animal, and plant health sectors. Often referred to as a silent pandemic, it is one of the top 10 global health threats facing humanity according to WHO. It was in 2015, that World Health Assembly (WHA) adopted the Global Action Plan on AMR. As of now, 170 countries have established multi-sectoral National Action Plans (NAPs).

Why is anti-microbial resistance a global concern?

AMR is not a new post-pandemic threat but has been on the rise for many years. Research