1 Public Awareness |
•Public health programs across the countries |
2 Prevent the spread of infection |
•Expansion of the access to clean water and appropriate sanitation |
•Reduction of infection in hospitals and care settings |
3 Reduction of antibiotic use in agriculture |
•Restriction on the use of highly critical antibiotics in farming |
•Prevention of antibiotic dissemination into environment |
4 Global surveillance |
•Major surveillance programs including USA Global Health Security Agenda, UK Fleming Fund, WHO Global AMR Surveillance System |
•Easy data accessibility around the world |
5 Rapid new diagnostics |
•Support research and innovation in this area |
6 Use of alternative antimicrobials |
•Vaccines |
•Bacteriophage therapy, engineered bacteria, antimicrobial peptides |
7 Recognition of researchers in infectious disease |
•Clear career paths and rewards for scientists in the field |
8 Global Innovation Fund |
•Link and expand major initiatives |
•Fund different projects (e.g. R&D that might lack commercial imperative) |
9 Better investment for new drugs |
•Governments should find new ways to reward innovation |
•Link between profit and volume of sales should be reduced |
10 Global Coalition for real action |
•Joint efforts from G20 and UN are needed |
•Step change plan to fight AMR has to be redesigned |