International Women’s Day: Fighting AMR and empowering women across the life course
This International Women’s Day our colleague Meenakshi Monga explains that it’s a time to celebrate progress, but also an opportunity to confront the persistent inequalities that hold women back. One crucial, often overlooked, area is the gender-specific impacts of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) on women. AMR is a growing global threat, posing serious challenges to health, […]
Moving beyond bugs and drugs: Integrating gender and equity in AMR programmes in Uganda
In this blog Susan Okioma and Anne Ngunjiri discuss their time spent in Uganda during World AMR Awareness Week, with the National AMR Sub-Committee, looking at Uganda’s National AMR Action Plan and integrating gender and equity into AMR programming. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the most pressing global health challenges, threatening decades of medical […]
GEAR up discusses One Health at HSR 2024
Last month GEAR up’s Rosie Steege presented on gender, equity and AMR at the 8th Global Symposium on Health Systems Research in Nagasaki, as part of a session on social, environmental and ecological justice concerns. Rosie opened by highlighting the fact that ‘One Health’ centres the interconnectedness of animals, humans and the environment. In doing so, […]
GEAR up team members present at Fleming Fund Fellows Symposium
Earlier this month GEAR up team members were invited to present to Fleming Fund Fellows – policy makers, practitioners and influencers who are participating in a scheme of professional development and capacity strengthening around AMR in Fleming Fund countries. In this blog Katy Davis reports back on the session’s panel discussion . Gender and equity […]
