Universal access to key essential antibiotics—Recent amoxicillin global shortages mask a wider policy failure
Mike Sharland, Aislinn Cook, Koen B. Pouwels, Anthony McDonnell, Ramanan Laxminarayan, William Hope, Julia Bielicki, Sally C. Davies, Manica Balasegaram, Jennifer Cohn, Nicola Magrini, Guillaume Dedet, Hatim Sati, Alexandra Cameron, Benedikt Huttner
Abstract
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.
Topics & Concepts
Economic shortageKey (lock)AmoxicillinAntibioticsIntensive care medicineMedicineBusinessComputer scienceComputer securityMicrobiologyBiologyLinguisticsGovernment (linguistics)PhilosophyAntibiotic Use and ResistancePharmaceutical Economics and PolicyGlobal Maternal and Child Health