While gender plays an important role in a person’s risk of exposure and vulnerability to drug-resistant infections, few national action plans (NAPs) on AMR include gender considerations. Researchers The detrimental impacts of AMR are not evenly distributed across populations, and disparities, including those based on gender, are evident. Despite the profound implications of this gendered […]
How has the COVID-19 pandemic impacted antimicrobial use (AMU) and antimicrobial resistance (AMR)? As more data become available, the picture is becoming clearer.
Can WHO’s pandemic instrument be designed to address a wider range of pandemic threats? The Policy Accelerator advises on how the pandemic instrument could be made more comprehensive.
Antimicrobial resistance has generated an unprecedented amount of global attention since the launch of the Global Action Plan on AMR. Our research explores how global commitments on AMR have changed and adapted since 2015.
The Paris Agreement successfully mobilized collective action to protect a shared global common-pool resource and mitigate and adapt to the impacts of climate change. What are the takeaways for managing AMR?
What do researchers from the disciplines of law, anthropology, history, public health, public policy, economics, and veterinary medicine contribute to the debate about addressing AMR in the pandemic instrument? Explore this special issue of the Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics.
A partnership of world leading social science research centres has come together to develop global governance strategies to tackle AMR. This partnership brings together experts in economics, ethics, evaluation, evidence synthesis, gender analysis, law, political science, and veterinary science.
In many countries, the COVID-19 pandemic thrust Chief Medical Officers of Health (CMOHs) into the spotlight and revealed key misunderstandings in public discourse about the roles of senior public health leadership. Despite their critical role in providing information and influencing public behavior during emergencies, little is known about how they balance competing scientific and political priorities in their work.