Universal access to key essential antibiotics—Recent amoxicillin global shortages mask a wider policy failure
The United Nations General Assembly on AMR in 2024 is an opportunity to focus attention on the importance of universal access to safe, effective, and affordable essential antibiotics. Defining these key essential antibiotics and reducing the technical and economic barriers to their sustainable and equitable access should be a core component of the Universal Health Coverage Action Agenda.
Authors
- Anthony McDonnell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9127-2452)
- Guillaume Dedet (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4977-486X)
- Alexandra Cameron
- Koen B. Pouwels (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7097-8950)
- Benedikt Huttner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1749-9464)
- Mike Sharland (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8626-8291)
- Manica Balasegaram (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2091-6660)
- William Hope (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6187-878X)
- Julia Bielicki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3902-5489)
- Jennifer Cohn
- Aislinn Cook
- Ramanan Laxminarayan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1390-9016)
- Hatim Sati (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2358-0522)
- Sally C. Davies
- Nicola Magrini
Institutions
- Department of Health and Social Care (GB)
- University of Liverpool (GB)
- St George's, University of London (GB)
- University of Basel (CH)
- Princeton University (US)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- World Health Organization (CH)
- Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale Della Romagna (IT)
- Global Antibiotic Research & Development Partnership (CH)
- University Children’s Hospital Basel (CH)
- Synesis (IT)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- CMI Communications
- Published
- 2024-09-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmicom.2024.105035
- Citations
- 11
- Primary Topic
- Antibiotic Use and Resistance
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.28