AMR at UNGA, a U.S. Bird Flu Epidemic, and Climate Changes Domestic Violence

Editors' Note

This week, ahead of the high-level meeting on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) at the UN General Assembly, One Health Trust's Ramanan Laxminarayan explains the challenges of creating a resolution to address the crisis in both high- and low-income countries. Laxminarayan notes that high-income countries require new antibiotics to tackle resistant infections that do not respond to most existing treatments, and low- or middle-income countries need greater access to available antibiotics and investment in prevention.

Following the recent human case of bird flu in Missouri, journalist Rachel Nuwer interviews epidemiologist Michael Osterholm about public health failures surrounding H5N1, gaps in vaccine development, and the certainty of the next pandemic.

Next, global health specialists Adolphus T. Clarke, Jonna Jeurlink, and Anderson Uchenna Amaechi discuss lessons from Liberia's COVID-19 vaccination program. They spotlight that despite being one of the least developed countries in the world, Liberia vaccinated 81% of its population by November 2022.

Moving to Mexico, researchers Ricardo Regules-García, Jessie Pinchoff, Ana Ruth Escoto Castillo, and Ana Cristina Gómez-Ugarte detail the findings of their recent study that explores the link between domestic violence and extreme heat in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Wrapping up the edition, physician Christianez Ratna Kiruba argues that India is unprepared to tackle polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), a condition that affects 1 in 5 women in the country.

Until next week!—Nsikan Akpan, Managing Editor, and Caroline Kantis, Associate Editor