Islamabad, Pakistan – On the occasion of World Antimicrobial Awareness Week, Pakistan’s National Institute of Health (NIH) and the World Health Organization (WHO) announced the first National Priority Pathogen list for antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in WHO’s Eastern Mediterranean Region. The objective
: to combat the global threat of antimicrobial-resistant infections, which are causing every year over 200,000 directly attributable and associated deaths in Pakistan. This crisis has been accelerated by the overuse and misuse of antibiotics in human health, agriculture, and veterinary practices.
The list was announced during an Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Walk co-organized by NIH and WHO to call for individual and collective action to tackle a global threat that, without urgent measures, could cause 63,000 directly attributable deaths and 262,000 associated deaths in Pakistan by 2050.
“Combating antimicrobial resistance requires a comprehensive One Health approach that addresses the
