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Antimicrobial Resistance and Sustainable Development: A Planetary Threat but a Financing Orphan

A world without antibiotics would necessitate radical changes in health care and farming.

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Title:Antimicrobial Resistance and Sustainable Development: A Planetary Threat but a Financing Orphan
Type:Development Dialogue Papers
Issue:26
Author:Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation and ReAct
Published:13 December 2018
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Planet Earth faces the very real threat of having to survive and thrive in a ‘post-antibiotic’ era in which there are few, if any, antibiotics which effectively and affordably cure infections. A world without antibiotics would necessitate radical changes in health care and farming.

Despite the severity of this threat, many low- and middle-income countries struggle to identify resources for even basic activities related to antimicrobial resistance (AMR).

In this context, the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation and ReAct – Action on Antibiotic Resistance – hosted a meeting to discuss how AMR could become more visible and how more funds to tackle AMR could be mobilised.

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