Forecasting the Fallout from AMR: Economic Impacts of Antimicrobial Resistance in Humans

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) occurs when micro-organisms such as bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites develop the ability to withstand drugs that once effectively treated infections. This report focuses on the subset of AMR that is linked to bacterial infections, currently the largest subset of AMR and the one for which the data are richest.

This study uses the most up-to-date, granular data on the health burden of AMR, explores a broader set of economic disruptions, as well as five interventions to reduce AMR. It is organised as follows: Chapter 2 describes the methodology; Chapter 3 presents the results; and Chapter 4 offers a discussion of the results, along with policy implications and avenues for future research.