In our blog post, first published in November 2023 during World Antibiotic Awareness Week, we shine a light on the critical issue of antimicrobial access ‘gaps’. This is a key concern that needs to be addressed as part of a holistic approach at the EB and leading up to the UN High-Level Meeting scheduled for September 2024, where it’s hoped that sustainable and equitable solutions to the AMR crisis will be agreed by UN member states together.

Every child who dies from a preventable disease is a failure of the system and an attack on the basic human rights of children everywhere

The current multi-country monkeypox outbreak, which started in Europe in early May 2022 and spread to more than 90 countries by August, has garnered worldwide attention and concern. Monkeypox is endemic to Africa, and the widespread transmission to so many non-endemic countries in such a short period of time has been unprecedented.

As we turn the corner on another challenging year for the world, we want to share with you some of our hopes and dreams for better times ahead and some of the work our colleagues have been doing around the world to make them real.