Despite ambitious targets outlined in the 2024 UN Political Declaration on Antimicrobial Resistance, the World Organisation for Animal Health warns that global investment remains critically insufficient to implement effective response strategies. The disconnect between political pledges and actual funding allocation threatens to undermine progress across human, animal, and environmental health sectors.
Effective AMR control demands a coordinated One Health approach with integrated financing mechanisms supporting surveillance, research, and capacity building simultaneously. Current gaps disproportionately affect low- and middle-income countries, where underdeveloped laboratory infrastructure and surveillance systems hinder timely detection and response. Without urgent financial commitment from governments and international bodies, experts caution that momentum toward meeting UN targets will continue to stall, leaving populations vulnerable to rising antimicrobial resistance threats.
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