Global leaders have approved a political declaration at the 79^th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) High-Level Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR).

• AMR occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites no longer respond to medicines, leading to infections becoming difficult or impossible to treat, increasing the risk of disease spread.

AMR Declaration

• It aims to reduce the estimated 4.95 million human deaths associated with bacterial AMR annually by 10% by 2030.
• It calls for sustainable national financing and US$100 million in catalytic funding, to help achieve a target of at least 60% of countries having funded national action plans on AMR by 2030.
  • This goal is to be reached through diversifying funding sources and securing more contributors to Antimicrobial Resistance Multi-Partner Trust Fund.
• At least 70% of antibiotics used for human health globally should belong to the WHO Access group antibiotics with relatively minimal side effects and lower potential to cause AMR.
  • Access group is one of the groups under WHO AWaRE classification along with Watch and Reserve Groups.
• Meaningful reduction of quantity of antimicrobial used in agri-food system globally by 2030.
• Declaration formalizes the standing Quadripartite (FAO, WHO, WOAH, UNEP) Joint Secretariat on AMR as the central coordinating mechanism to support the global response to AMR.