Introduction to Antimicrobial Resistance and the Maternal Sepsis Intervention

Ackers, Louise; Ackers-Johnson, Gavin; Welsh, Joanne; Kibombo, Daniel; Opio, Samuel

This chapter describes the threat to global health and security caused by the growing resistance of infectious organisms to antibiotics or antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Growing global connectivity ensures that AMR is a threat to us all wherever we are and with specific impacts on Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs). The chapter outlines international responses to AMR including the Global Action Plan and the impact this has had on one LMIC; Uganda. It then introduces a recent UK funding call focused on improving the management of antibiotics or ‘Antimicrobial Stewardship’.