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T1 Environmental Solutions to Antimicrobial Resistance in Africa: Note by the Secretariat - African Ministerial Conference on the Environment
T2 Solutions environnementales à la résistance  aux antimicrobiens en Afrique: Note du secrétariat
A1 African Ministerial Conference on the Environment, 
K1 antimicrobial resistance
K1 Africa
K1 environmental aspect
YR 2022
FD 2022-08
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/40570
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/40570
NO 1. Antimicrobials have contributed to reducing infectious diseases in humans, animals and plants for decades. They have significantly contributed to increasing animal and crop production and improving healthcare. However, the misuse of antimicrobials has created a favourable environment for resistant microbes to develop.2. Antimicrobials are often misperceived to be a technical challenge of limited impact. However, scientific evidence strongly indicates that antimicrobial resistance represents a major vulnerability in all countries, especially in Africa. A direct result of antimicrobial resistance is an increasing trend in serious illnesses and deaths and increases in health-associated costs, including lowered population productivity.3. As antimicrobial resistance evolves quietly to become a major health, environmental and economic threat to African countries and in the face of more visible threats such as the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change, governments need to pay more attention to addressing this issue.4. There is currently enough evidence to show why antimicrobial resistance occurs, how it develops and its adverse direct and indirect consequences. Therefore, coherent policy actions are urgently needed to overcome this challenge and avoid further impact on people and the environment.
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 18, 2026