This year’s United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) will be hosting a High-Level Meeting (HLM) on what is being referred to as the “silent pandemic” — antimicrobial resistance (AMR). The HLM, which is expected to decide how the world will tackle AMR, will be held on September 26 in New York.
CSE director general Sunita Narain, who is also a member of the Global Leader’s Group on AMR, will be speaking at the meeting. CSE has built up a credible body of work on AMR with specific reference to the concerns faced by Global South. Its report on the subject has served to bring together voices from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) as a step towards informing the UNGA’s HLM. In fact, the political declaration that has emerged from the UNGA already reflects some of the ‘asks’ from the CSE report.
