ReAct Asia Takes Aim At Antibiotic Resistance with Upcoming AMR Conference

By Hamu Madzedze

Online Health Editor-Zimbabwe

ReAct Asia Pacific will be hosting the Asia Pacific Regional Conference on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) from the 21st to the 22nd of this month in Jakarta Indonesia.

The conference is being held under the theme "Unifying Voices of the Region on Addressing Antimicrobial Rsistance (AMR):UN General Assembly High-Level Meeting (UNGA HLM 2024) on AMR and Beyond.

The conference aims to sustain momentum beyond the UNGA HLM and unify and amplify the voices of policymakers, civil society organisations ,governmental bodies and academics across the Asia-Pacific region.

The World Health Organisation emphasises the need for a comprehensive public health approach to addressing AMR ,including universal access to quality and affordable measures for prevention,diagonosis and appropriate treatment of infections as outlined in WHO's people centred approach to addressing AMR and core package of AMR .

AMR is more than just a statistic ,its a devastating reality for millions of families worldwide and annually over one million people die from AMR especially those from low resource countries.

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