Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley is taking part in the second High-Level Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) today.
The dedicated meeting is a new effort to bring urgent attention by leaders for increased action on the growing risk of untreatable infections and of increasing mortality.
Ahead of that meeting, Ms. Mottley highlighted the impact of AMR, noting it is already claiming a million lives a year directly and is responsible indirectly for just under four million more.
The theme of the meeting is “Investing in the Present and Securing Our Future Together: Accelerating Multi-Sectoral Global, Regional and National Actions to Address Antimicrobial Resistance.”
The last High-Level Meeting was held by the General Assembly in 2016.
Director General of the World Health Organisation, Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus says AMR is a global health threat that can unwind hundreds of years of medical progress.
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