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In Africa, health system weaknesses, inadequate infection prevention and control, inequitable access to quality-assured medicines, inappropriate antimicrobial use, limited surveillance capacity, and insufficient and fragmented financing for responses exacerbate the crisis.
In many African countries, faith-based organizations provide between 40-60 percent of health services, often serving remote, underserved, and marginalized populations where state services are limited or absent.
The policy brief will highlight the critical but underutilized role of faith-based organizations in antimicrobial resistance mitigation in Africa; and will present concrete case studies of faith-based organizations’ engagement in community advocacy, antimicrobial stewardship, supply chains, and maternal and child health. The policy brief will also provide evidence-based recommendations for systematically integrating faith-based organizations into national, regional, and global responses.
Co-organizers include ReAct Africa, the Ecumenical Pharmaceutical Network, and the African Christian Health Associations Platform.
