To address AMR, we must take a One Health approach, which promotes collaboration across the human, animal, plant, and environmental health sectors. Specifically, One Health governance is the structures, processes, and mechanisms that enable and support the coordination and collaboration between these sectors, as well as with actors outside of the government, such as the private sector, academic experts, health professionals, and civil society.
A SAFE AMR 75-study analysis across 28 countries identifies the stakeholders, communication pathways, and barriers shaping antibiotic decisions in food-producing animal systems.
Antibiotic resistance – a global health and development threat – impacts refugees and migrants in unique ways due to increased exposure to infections and inequitable access to healthcare. We conducted a global rapid scoping review to collect evidence on barriers to access and appropriate use of antibiotics among migrants and refugees.
At its core, AMR is a shared resource problem. Antimicrobials are a limited resource: the more we use them, the less effective they become. Everyone depends on them, but no one can manage them alone. Our recent publication studied state-led, market-based, and community-driven governance approaches for other shared-resource problems, translating lessons for AMR governance.
Publication: Interconnections between the food system and antimicrobial resistance: A systems-informed umbrella review from a One Health perspective Link Authors: Chloe Clifford Astbury, Catherine Hu, Krishihan Sivapragasam, Arabi Rajan, Mandy Geise, Cécile Aenishaenslin, Arne Ruckert, Kathleen Chelsea Togño, Mary Wiktorowicz, Tarra L. Penney Introduction Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a serious and growing threat to human, […]
Publication: Policy discourse on AMR in food-producing animals: examining framing and language for effective communication Link Authors: Carly Ching, Muhammad H Zaman, Veronika J Wirtz Introduction The overuse of antibiotics in agriculture and when raising food-producing animals can lead to antimicrobial resistance (AMR), which makes infections difficult or impossible to treat. This study was performed […]
Academic title: Treatment-Specific Interrupted Time Series Analyses of Judicial Deference to Health Technology Assessment in BrazilPublished in: BMC Health Services Research Authors: Mathieu JP Poirier, Tina Nanyangwe-Moyo, Natalia Pires de Vasconcelos, Daniel Wang, Gigi O Lin, Ana Luiza Chieffi, Cauê Freitas Mônaco, Zun Ge Mao, Steven J Hoffman Key takeaways Introduction Health technology assessments (HTAs) are […]
his policy brief outlines nine principles on equity, flexibility, and accountability based on lessons from the Montreal Protocol and adapts these lessons to the context of antimicrobial resistance.
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 relationship between human and microbial ecosystems.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, many leaders said they were “following the science” when making public health decisions. This article fills a gap in existing research by examining how the phrase “following the science” misrepresents the role of scientific evidence in policymaking, the relationship among politicians and public health officials, and the locus of accountability for public health decisions.
