Bracing for Superbugs: Strengthening Environmental Action in the One Health Response to Antimicrobial Resistance - Key Messages

This document outlines the critical issue of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) as a growing global health threat linked to the widespread use and misuse of antimicrobials across human, animal, and environmental sectors. It emphasizes the environment’s pivotal role in the development and spread of AMR, highlighting how pollution, climate change, and biodiversity loss contribute to this crisis. The report stresses the importance of adopting a One Health approach that integrates human, animal, and environmental health to effectively address AMR. It calls for enhanced environmental monitoring, regulatory improvements in pharmaceutical manufacturing, responsible antimicrobial use in agriculture, and strengthened healthcare waste management. The document also advocates for international collaboration and governance, sustainable financing, and innovation to minimize environmental pollution and AMR risks.