Policy

Revised Global Action Plan on AMR delayed over technology transfer language

Early February, during the 158th session of the WHO Executive Board, Member States were expected to adopt an updated version of the Global Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance, but the process hit a deadlock over the proposed language on technology transfer. Negotiations will be reopened on limited parts of the text ahead of the World Health Assembly in May.

News

From the World Health Assembly to the communities: Why youth must show up for the next Global Action Plan on AMR

As the global health community prepares for the upcoming World Health Assembly next month, an important moment is approaching. Member States are expected to adopt the updated Global Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance. For young people working in health, policy, and advocacy, this is not just another agenda item. It is a chance to stay engaged with a process that will shape how countries respond to the “(not-so-silent anymore) pandemic” for years to come.

ReAct Story

Ndahafa Imene: Turning curiosity into action on AMR

Meet Ndahafa Imene. Her journey as a medical laboratory scientist began with a simple curiosity to find out what happens to a patient sample after it is collected. This drive to understand the microscopic processes behind a diagnosis led her to the laboratory and a career as a research assistant for the Global Health Protection Program.

Now a participant in the Antimicrobial Resistance Leaders Program (AMRLEP), Ndahafa is turning her scientific expertise into leadership. In this interview, she shares her path to the frontlines of AMR stewardship and her vision for driving global change.

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Uniting Voices for Action: Inside the WHO Civil Society Task Force on AMR

Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) affects everyone, everywhere. This global health threat has detrimental effects across human and animal health, agriculture, and the environment, rivalling traditionally important and urgent global health diseases such as HIV, TB, and malaria in terms of the mortality rates recorded in its wake. Addressing a challenge of this scope and complexity transcends technical strategies and solutions. It requires a coordinated, whole-of-society response to bridge the gap between global, regional, and national strategies and community realities.

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Extension diploma in Educational Knapsack for Planetary Health

The National University of Mar del Plata (UNMDP), in partnership with ReAct Latin America, has approved the Extension Diploma “Educational Knapsack for School Health and the Microbial World: Caring for Planetary Health.” The program began in April 2026 and is aimed at educators, health professionals, and community workers.

Communities

Reimagining AMR action through community voices: Lessons from Jahangirpuri, New Delhi, India

In Jahangirpuri, an urban resettlement slum in New Delhi, India, women are quietly reshaping how antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is understood and responded to at the grassroots. A small group of women volunteers has recently come together under the Antibiotic Smart Community initiative.

ReAct Story

School gardens to contain AMR: Belén Juca’s experience with children in Ecuador

One ordinary morning at a school in Ecuador, a group of children carefully water small sprouts of mint and radish. Before doing so, they pause for a moment to ask Mother Earth for permission. Watching the scene closely is Belén Juca, a General Basic Education teacher.

This is part of the AlForja Educativa program initiated by ReAct Latin America.

THEME

Antibiotic resistance and aquaculture: Why It matters for One Health

Aquaculture supplies more than half of the world’s seafood and plays a critical role in food security, livelihoods, and nutrition – particularly in low- and middle-income countries.

Yet the rapid expansion and intensification of fish and shrimp farming has also brought growing challenges, including infectious disease outbreaks and the widespread use of antibiotics.

These dynamics make aquaculture a key, and often under-addressed, front in the global action to contain antibiotic resistance, and more broadly, antimicrobial resistance.