Pharmaceuticals, Endocrine-disrupting chemicals, and Antimicrobials
Description
Including pharmaceuticals; hormones and other endocrine-disrupting chemicals; and antimicrobials (antibiotics, antivirals, antifungals, and antiparasitics).
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Resources
Why does AMR matter?
This short primer from the UN Environment Programme can help acquaint you with the concept of antimicrobial resistance and its growing impact on global society.
Bracing for Superbugs: Strengthening environmental action in the One Health response to antimicrobial resistance
This report from UNEP can help you to understand how the environment plays a key role in the development, transmission, and spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). It unpacks the different - yet interconnected - aspects of the environmental dimensions of AMR and provides actionable evidence of the importance of the environment in the development, transmission, and spread of AMR. It explains that environmental dimensions of AMR are multifaceted and that the response rests on collaboration between sectors, and champions a concerted systems approach such as “One Health” for managing, preventing, and responding to AMR. One Health recognises that the health of people, animals, plants, and the environment are closely linked and interdependent. Against the backdrop of One Health, the report analyses three sectors and their value chains that are key drivers of AMR development and spread in the environment: pharmaceuticals and other chemicals, agriculture and food, and healthcare, together with pollutants from poor sanitation, sewage and waste effluent in municipal systems. The report synthesises current knowledge gaps, explains further work that needs to be done, and offers solutions to prevent and respond to AMR. This guide will be especially beneficial to risk, sustainability, and strategy professionals, and particularly those working in - or immediately adjacent to - the aforementioned sectors.
Antimicrobial Resistance
This fact sheet from the World Health Organisation (WHO) explains the present situation of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) globally; coordinated global action to address AMR; and the programmatic response to AMR in countries. This resource will be especially beneficial to senior leaders who want to quickly grow their understanding of the state of play of AMR.
Global Database for Tracking Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Country Self-Assessment Survey (TrACSS)
This global database can help you to trackthe progress of countries in addressing antimicrobial resistance. Jointly developed by the Quadripartite (FAO, UNEP, WHO and WOAH) and administered annually by the WHO, TrACSS monitors the implementation of multisectoral AMR national action plans. It features an interactive map with a range of topic layers, including human health, animal health, and food and agriculture. The database also features data comparisons and country profiles.