ReportAMR impacts 12 of 17 UN SDGs, but not mentionned in any way. Why?
In May 2019, the UN Secretary General stated: “Antimicrobial resistance is a global threat to health, livelihoods and the achievement of the SDGs”. But, even if AMR impacts children, adults, the elderly, animals, the environment, the economy and our health, etc., resistant infections due to antibiotics are not included in the 2030 sustainable goals and indicators.
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Sources: (1) WHO, 2017 (2) Parliament, 2020 (3) Wellcome Trust and UK Government, 2015 (4) SDG 4 (5) Springerplus, 2015 (6) Eurocam, 2017 (7) IBMA, 2018 (8) ECHA to UEAPME, 2018 (9) Jim O’Neill, 2015 (10) ERPS, 2020 (11) World Bank, 2017 (12) FAO, 2018 (13) COM, 1999 (14) UNGASS, 2016 (15) Parliament Magazine, 2020
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