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. 2021;49(4):688-691.
doi: 10.1017/jme.2021.94.

A Global Pandemic Treaty Must Address Antimicrobial Resistance

Lindsay A Wilson, Susan Rogers Van Katwyk, Isaac Weldon, Steven J Hoffman

A Global Pandemic Treaty Must Address Antimicrobial Resistance

Lindsay A Wilson et al. J Law Med Ethics. 2021.

Abstract

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the defining global health threats of our time, but no international legal instrument currently offers the framework and mechanisms needed to address it. Fortunately, the actions needed to address AMR have considerable overlap with the actions needed to confront other pandemic threats.

Keywords: Antimicrobial Resistance; Global Health Law; International Health Regulations; Pandemic Andemic Treaty; World Health Organization.

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