Strengthening One Health AMR Surveillance in Africa: From Cross-Sectoral Data to Policy Action
Yusuf Hared Abdi, Sharmake Gaiye Bashir, Zakaria Ibrahim Issack · 2026
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Yusuf Hared Abdi and two co-authors review the state of drug resistance tracking across Africa under the One Health idea, which joins human, animal, and environmental health. Resistance already carried a heavy toll: about 1.05 million deaths in the African region in 2019 were linked to bacterial resistance, and roughly 250,000 were directly caused by it. The review gathers studies from 2015 to 2026 across four databases.
Human health tracking has grown, with more countries joining global reporting and labs improving. Animal and environmental tracking lag far behind, held back by weak labs, split data systems, thin funding, and poor coordination between sectors. The authors urge joined-up governance, stronger lab networks, shared digital platforms, and steady domestic funding first. Gene sequencing, wastewater checks, and regional teamwork can follow as resources allow. Stronger tracking, they argue, is the base for earlier warnings and wiser drug use.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Yusuf Hared Abdi, Sharmake Gaiye Bashir, Zakaria Ibrahim Issack |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 54 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |