G20 Germany 2017- Antimicrobial Resistance
As my freshman year is coming to an end, I finally had the time to sit down and read the Berlin Declaration of the G20 Health Ministers. As a global community, this is bringing us one step closer to our goal of combating AMR. Here are some brief points to get the gist of points on Antimicrobial Resistance:
1. AMR is a current and increasing threat, which means that if the issue isn't tackled now, infections, such as TB, and even common surgical procedures can become far more difficult or too dangerous to undertake.
2. The September 2016 UN meeting on AMR brought awareness at the highest political level. Nations are willing to work together with organizations such as the WHO, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) in order to avoid a post-antibiotic era.
3. Nations would like to raise awareness of this issue through different types of campaigns with the support of the general population, health professionals, researchers, etc.
4. The G20 would like to strengthen the One Health approach within, and facilitate the regular exchange of science-based knowledge and evidence on human and animal health, agriculture, and the environment.
5. The nations look forward to receiving the report "Tackling Antimicrobial Resistance, Ensuring Sustainable R&D" from the WHO, FAO, OIE, and the OECD next month.
Overall, I strongly believe the G20 has brought us one step closer to solving this issue, by simply identifying what the problems are and what goals we must achieve. As a global community, we can take information from this and hope that this all will soon be implemented in our daily lives and surroundings.
1. AMR is a current and increasing threat, which means that if the issue isn't tackled now, infections, such as TB, and even common surgical procedures can become far more difficult or too dangerous to undertake.
2. The September 2016 UN meeting on AMR brought awareness at the highest political level. Nations are willing to work together with organizations such as the WHO, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) in order to avoid a post-antibiotic era.
3. Nations would like to raise awareness of this issue through different types of campaigns with the support of the general population, health professionals, researchers, etc.
4. The G20 would like to strengthen the One Health approach within, and facilitate the regular exchange of science-based knowledge and evidence on human and animal health, agriculture, and the environment.
5. The nations look forward to receiving the report "Tackling Antimicrobial Resistance, Ensuring Sustainable R&D" from the WHO, FAO, OIE, and the OECD next month.
Overall, I strongly believe the G20 has brought us one step closer to solving this issue, by simply identifying what the problems are and what goals we must achieve. As a global community, we can take information from this and hope that this all will soon be implemented in our daily lives and surroundings.
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