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WHA 2025: May 27 Daily Update
- The World Health Assembly (WHA) is prioritizing global health threats, approving key action plans to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and address climate change.
- the updated GAP aims to provide a framework for achieving targets outlined in the 2024 United Nations General Assembly High-Level Meeting on AMR, including a 10% reduction in...
- Since the initial global action plan in 2015, over 170 countries have developed national action plans to address AMR. the updated plan will incorporate a multisectoral "One Health"...
The World Health Assembly (WHA) approved critical updates, with the primarykeyword of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) taking center stage, and with the secondarykeyword, climate change, also addressed head-on. The Assembly just gave the green light to an updated Global Action Plan on AMR, signaling a robust commitment to curbing the 4.71 million annual deaths linked to bacterial AMR, originally detailed in 2021. This update, set for final discussion in 2026, aligns with the enterprising goal of a 10% reduction in worldwide AMR-related deaths by 2030, formulated by the United Nations. News Directory 3 reports on this significant step forward.Complementing this, a groundbreaking Global Action Plan on Climate Change and Health for 2025–2028 was endorsed, designed to prepare member states for climate-resilient healthcare. Learn more about these key initiatives. discover what’s next …
WHO Assembly Tackles Antimicrobial Resistance, Climate Change
Updated May 28, 2025
The World Health Assembly (WHA) is prioritizing global health threats, approving key action plans to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and address climate change. The Seventy-eighth World Health Assembly greenlit an update to the Global Action Plan (GAP) on AMR, slated for discussion at WHA79 in 2026.
the updated GAP aims to provide a framework for achieving targets outlined in the 2024 United Nations General Assembly High-Level Meeting on AMR, including a 10% reduction in global deaths tied to bacterial AMR by 2030. The Global Burden of Diseases, injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) estimates that 4.71 million deaths were associated with bacterial AMR in 2021.
Since the initial global action plan in 2015, over 170 countries have developed national action plans to address AMR. the updated plan will incorporate a multisectoral ”One Health” approach, balancing the health of people, animals, and ecosystems.
The WHA also endorsed the first-ever draft Global Action Plan on Climate Change and health for 2025–2028. this plan aims to guide member states in developing climate-resilient, low-carbon health systems, enhancing early warning systems, and integrating health into climate policy.
What’s next
WHO will support countries in integrating AMR interventions into health sector planning and enhancing coordination of AMR responses at all levels.