UNGA High-Level Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance

Last week, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) gathered for a High-Level Meeting on AMR, in which world leaders approved a political declaration pledging action to combat this looming global health crisis. The declaration included: A commitment to reduce the estimated 4.95 million human deaths associated with bacterial antimicrobial resistance (AMR) annually by 10% by 2030. Calls for sustainable national…