A new policy brief, ‘Addressing antimicrobial resistance: we know enough to act’, has been published. It follows a symposium and policy workshop into which the One Health Poultry Hub fed its antimicrobial resistance (AMR)-related learnings.

The briefing, published jointly by the Academy of Medical Sciences, UK, and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), draws on a participatory policy workshop attended by Hub Co-investigator, Professor Rajib Dasgupta of Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, who gave an overview of the important antimicrobial resistant-related learnings from the Hub.

The workshop was part of an India–UK programme on AMR, which aimed to share knowledge and create opportunities for collaboration between both countries. It followed an interdisciplinary One Health symposium on AMR with case study presentations from a range of experts from India and the UK, also hosted in partnership with the ICMR and UK Academy. Professor David Heymann, of London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Distinguished Fellow of of Chatham House Global Health Programme and another Hub co-investigator, was on the steering committee for the initiative.

The policy briefing details five priority policy areas. These include embedding AMR as part of the broader public health agenda, developing national regulatory framework to ensure appropriate use of antimicrobials in humans and animals, and strengthening veterinary support and developing coordinated AMR-limiting husbandry practices across sub-sectors.

The briefing also identified three priority research areas to address knowledge gaps and support targeted interventions. These include understanding the origins and spread of AMR genes and microbes within the One Health framework, and developing a systems-based analysis to identify potential policy levers and points of intervention for AMR action.

Read the policy brief

View videos from the initiative