World leaders commit to reduce deaths from antimicrobial resistance by 10% by 2030

Global leaders have made a joint pledge to tackle the problem of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) amid warnings of an escalating public health emergency.

At a high level UN General Assembly meeting on 26 September, member states signed a declaration committing to a series of targets and actions including reducing human deaths from AMR by 10% by 2030.

It is the second high level UN meeting on AMR after the first was held in 2016.1

The World Health Organization’s director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said AMR was “one of the most pressing health challenges of our time.”

Speaking at …