Act Now—A Global Call to Confront Antimicrobial Resistance

Authors

  • Christina Bareja Antimicrobial Resistance Policy and Surveillance Section, Interim Australian Centre for Disease Control, Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing, Canberra ACT Australia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2025.49.065

Keywords:

Antimicrobial resistance, World AMR Awareness Week, antimicrobial stewardship, pathogen surveillance

Abstract

An editorial by Christina Bareja, CDI's Editor and the Director of the Antimicrobial Resistance Policy and Surveillance Section, marking the start of World AMR Awareness Week 2025. The editorial highlights the several surveillance reports of the Australian Group on Antimicrobial Resistance, and of the National Neisseria Network, Australia, which accompany the editorial in a special CDI 'issue' on AMR.

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References

United Nations General Assembly. Political Declaration of the High-level Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance. New York: United Nations General Assembly; 9 September 2024. [Accessed on 12 November 2025.] Available from: https://www.un.org/pga/wp-content/uploads/sites/108/2024/09/FINAL-Text-AMR-to-PGA.pdf.

Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing; Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. Australia’s National Antimicrobial Resistance Strategy – 2020 and Beyond. Canberra: Australian Government; 2019. [Accessed on 12 November 2025.] Available from: https://www.amr.gov.au/resources/australias-national-antimicrobial-resistance-strategy-2020-and-beyond.

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Published

18/11/25

How to Cite

Bareja, Christina. 2025. “Act Now—A Global Call to Confront Antimicrobial Resistance”. Communicable Diseases Intelligence 49 (November). https://doi.org/10.33321/cdi.2025.49.065.

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