On the sidelines of the high-level segment of the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and the high-level meeting of the UNGA on Antimicrobial Resistance, The Arab Republic of Egypt, jointly with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the World Health Organization (WHO), hosted a side event on addressing the challenges of antimicrobial resistance, particularly concerning migrants and refugees. The event was held in collaboration with Brazil, France, Greece, Indonesia, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Nigeria, Oman, Portugal, Qatar, Slovakia, Sweden, the United Arab Emirates, the International Organization for Migration (IOM), and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

In the context of national coordination between the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health and Population, Dr. Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Emigration, and Egyptian Expatriates, Dr. Badr Abdelatty, Minister Abdelatty inaugurated the event. In his speech, he emphasized the importance of concert
ed efforts to confront the challenge posed by antimicrobial resistance to global health, particularly in developing countries. He also highlighted the necessity for the high-level meeting of the UNGA on antimicrobial resistance to result in a political commitment to enhance international efforts in addressing antimicrobial resistance, as well as to follow up on the outcomes of the first UNGA meeting in 2016 and to produce a political declaration that paves the way for the required international efforts in this regard.

Dr. Abdel Ghaffar also spoke virtually at the event, delivering a detailed statement in which he outlined Egypt’s national efforts to combat antimicrobial resistance. He discussed a series of measures aimed at strengthening national health systems, including the launch of the National One Health Strategy in 2023.

Source: State Information Service Egypt