World leaders approved a political declaration during the U.N. General Assembly High-Level Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). The declaration includes several targets and actions aimed at combating AMR by 2030, including reducing the estimated 4.95 million human deaths associated with resistance annually by 10% (bit.ly/4g9ivfQ-IDSE; bit.ly/4icYHds-IDSE).
“AMR could reverse decades of medical progress, making common infections, routine surgeries, cancer treatment and