Antimicrobial Resistance and Climate Change

Extreme Heat, Floods, Droughts

• Increase in antimicrobial resistance (AMR) prevalence- Increase in hard-to-treat infections
• Sanitation challenges, disruption of healthcare services, and population displacement- Outbreaks and disease spread
• Changes in the pathogen life cycle- Unpredictable disease patterns
• Food scarcity and malnutrition- Weakened immune system
• Expansion of pathogen geographic range- Increased population at risk
• Increased contact with wildlife- Zoonotic disease spillover

Increase in infectious disease rates

Increase in Antibiotic Use

Emergence and spread of AMR