Investing in Animal Health to Curb AMR

The World Organisation for Animal Health call for investment on AMR emphasizes that antimicrobial resistance is a rapidly escalating global threat affecting human health, food security, and economic stability, with over 1 million deaths annually and potentially 39 million by 2050 if no action is taken. It highlights that current funding—particularly for animal health—is critically insufficient despite the major role of antimicrobial use in agri-food systems in driving resistance. WOAH argues that targeted, well-coordinated investment in animal health systems (including surveillance, stewardship, vaccination, and biosecurity) offers high returns, with the potential to prevent trillions in economic losses and significantly reduce antimicrobial use. The document positions AMR as a cross-cutting global development issue requiring a One Health approach, and calls for urgent, scaled-up financing and partnerships to implement standards and interventions that can curb resistance at its source and deliver long-term global health and economic benefits.