Program Types: Global Antimicrobial Resistance

Publication | December 2, 2025

Social science contributions to the global action plan on antimicrobial resistance Link

Authors:

Mathieu J.P. Poirier, Jaskeerat Singh, Isaac Weldon, Clare I. R. Chandler, Daniela Corno, Laura Valtere, Pedro Henrique D. Batista, Daniel Carelli, Geneviève Boily-Larouche, Sonia Lewycka, Fiona Emdin, Kathleen Liddell, Timo Minssen, Ilaria Natali, Susan Nayiga, Iruka N. Okeke, Emmanuel Olamijuwon, Kevin Outterson, Julianne Piper, Kayla Strong, Jarnail Singh Thakur, Kednapa Thavorn, Maarten Van Der Heijden, A.M. Viens, Mary Wiktorowicz, Steven J. Hoffman

Project | November 25, 2025

SAFE AMR Governance Partnership

This partnership of world-leading social science research centres has come together to develop global governance strategies to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR).

resources | May 23, 2025

Using Social Sciences to Inform the Global Action Plan on AMR

A policy brief exploring overlooked social drivers of AMR and proposed new understandings of AMR to improve the way countries design and implement NAPs to mitigate this complex, global challenge. These new conceptions highlight how antimicrobials serve as essential infrastructure; how microbial ecosystems evolve as humans interact with the environment;...

resources | January 12, 2024

The War on AMR is not working: a new ecological perspective on AMR offers insights for global governance

This summary for the academic publication “Fit for Purpose?” Assessing the Ecological Fit of the Social Institutions that Globally Govern Antimicrobial Resistance, highlights the need for robust institutions that sustainably manage the social and ecological factors accelerating AMR. It provides 5 design principles for building institutions to better harmonize the...