Suzanne Naro, Policy Advisor for the AMR Policy Accelerator, addressed the challenges faced by migrant and refugee communities in accessing antibiotics during her presentation at the Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA) 2024 conference.

On September 19, 2022, the WHO published the fourth report in the Global Evidence Review on Health and Migration (GEHM) series with a focus on Antimicrobial Resistance. The report captures the evidence on access to essential antibiotics in refugee and migrant populations, gathers evidence on the access to essential antibiotics for refugees and migrants, and finds that access to and use by these populations is heterogeneous and significantly influenced by the health systems of the host countries.