Embracing a One Health Framework to Fight Antimicrobial Resistance
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) – the ability of microbes to resist antimicrobials – remains an alarming global health threat. This is despite the efforts made by OECD and EU/EEA countries to curtail it. Unless additional effective interventions are scaled up quickly, AMR rates are forecasted to increase in the next three decades across OECD and EU/EEA countries, with costs exceeding the healthcare expenditure on the COVID-19 pandemic. Using microsimulation and machine-learning techniques, this report analyses critical policy levers to inform the next generation of AMR initiatives. It shows that tackling the detrimental health and economic impact of AMR requires embracing a One Health framework – a collaborative, trans-disciplinary and multi-sectoral approach that promotes close co-operation and collaboration across human health, animal health, agrifood systems and the environment. This report identifies 11 One Health “best buys” that, if implemented systematically, would improve population health, reduce health expenditure and generate positive returns for the economy.
Health and economic burden of antimicrobial resistance
This chapter provides an overview of the burden of resistant infections on population health and the economy. The results presented in the chapter are generated using the OECD Strategic Public Health Planning for Antimicrobial Resistance (SPHeP-AMR) model based on data gathered for 34 countries, including 29 European Union (EU)/European Economic Area (EEA) countries as well as Japan, Switzerland, Türkiye, the United Kingdom and the United States. The burden of AMR on population health is assessed through measures of mortality, life expectancy and morbidity. The impact on the economy is examined through the use of healthcare resources, health expenditure, participation in the labour force and workforce productivity.
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