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

United Nations Environment Programme

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

dc.contributor.author	United Nations Environment Programme
dc.contributor.organization	Economy Division
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-01T11:06:59Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-01T11:06:59Z
dc.date.issued	2023-02
dc.description	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.	en
dc.format	pdf
dc.identifier.uri	https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/41684
dc.language	English
dc.language	Arabic
dc.language	Chinese
dc.language	French
dc.language	Portuguese
dc.language	Russian
dc.language	Spanish
dc.language	Swahili
dc.page.number	3 p.
dc.relation.ispartof	Strengthening Environmental Action in the One Health Response to Antimicrobial Resistance
dc.rights.accessLevel	Public
dc.subject	antimicrobial resistance
dc.subject	climate change
dc.subject	biodiversity loss
dc.subject	pollution
dc.subject.sdg	SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-Being
dc.subject.theme	chemistry
dc.subject.theme	chemical pollution
dc.title	Bracing for Superbugs: Strengthening Environmental Action in the One Health Response to Antimicrobial Resistance - Key Messages	en
dc.title.alternative	关键信息 – 防范超级细菌：在“同一健康”抗微生物药物耐药性应对措施中加强环境行动	zh
dc.title.alternative	Messages clés – Se préparer aux superbactéries : renforcer l’action environnementale dans le cadre de la réponse « Une seule santé » à la résistance antimicrobienne	fr
dc.title.alternative	Ключевые сообщения – Готовимся к супербактериям: усиление природоохранных мер в рамках подхода «Единое здоровье» в ответ на устойчивость к противомикробным препаратам	ru
dc.title.alternative	Mensajes clave – Preparándose para los supermicrobios: fortalecimiento de las medidas ambientales relativas a la respuesta a la resistencia a los antimicrobianos mediante el enfoque «Una sola salud»	es
dc.type	Policy brief