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Capacity Building to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR): The need for adequate capacity to combat the AMR pandemic in an interdisciplinary way.

Summary:

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a real global problem. Also called the ‘slow’ or ‘silent’ pandemic, AMR poses a major threat to humans around the world.

An earlier review on AMR, commissioned by the UK Government, argued that AMR could kill 10 million people per year by 2050. Although these forecasts have been criticised by some, many researchers agree that the spread of AMR is an urgent issue requiring a global, coordinated action plan to address. If left unchecked, the spread of AMR could bring us back to the pre-antibiotic era. AMR has also an impact on animal health and welfare, and therewith on food security for humans, but precise data are lacking.

To combat AMR, an interdisciplinary (or even transdisciplinary) approach, also known as the ONE Health approach is needed where people from the human, animal and environmental sector join forces. Currently, in many countries around the world the capacity to combat AMR (quantitatively and qualitatively) is lacking or insufficient. There is lack of data on AMR, insufficient surveillance of AMR, insufficient diagnostic capacity and insufficient treatment options. Underlying this is an insufficient human resource capacity: a global lack of specialist workforce.

In this WINNER 2023 session we will discuss:

– examples of capacity building programs in the fight against AMR

– challenges and hurdles for capacity building programs to combat AMR, as well as

– how we should make these programs sustainable

– how to coordinate initiatives for the best outcome: who has the lead

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