Multisectoral Coordination meeting in Senegal during the AMR MPTF project, completed 31 January 2025 | photo credit: Senegal AMR MPTF Report
With antimicrobial resistance placing increasing pressure on health systems, food security, and economies, partnerships that enable sustained collective action remain critical. As the year draws to a close, the Quadripartite organizations – FAO, UNEP, WHO, and WOAH – extend heartfelt gratitude to all resource partners who have supported the Antimicrobial Resistance Multi-Partner Trust Fund (AMR MPTF) since its launch in 2019. Their continued engagement is helping countries translate One Health commitments into concrete action against AMR.
The AMR MPTF was established to catalyze country-led action against AMR through a One Health approach, bringing together human, animal, plant, and environmental health sectors. Since inception, the Fund has mobilized resources from government partners committed to safeguarding health, food security, and sustainable development, including the European Commission (EU), Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain (UK) and Ireland.
2025 Contributions and Impact
Resource partner contributions of USD 4 million in 2025 helped extend the Fund’s country reach and global impact. In particular, the Quadripartite gratefully acknowledges the UK’s recent dedicated support through its Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) for the establishment of the Independent Panel for Evidence for Action against AMR (IPEA). This targeted investment has been pivotal in enabling Member State consultations and cross-sector stakeholder engagement on IPEA’s mandate that will inform its foundational and operational documents. The roadmap for IPEA’s establishment can be consulted here.
A Collective Journey Since 2019
Since its launch in June 2019, the AMR MPTF has become a cornerstone of global collaboration on AMR. By pooling resources for shared goals, the Fund enables development aid to achieve more with less. The USD35 million mobilized thus far is allowing the AMR MPTF to:
- Enable multisectoral National Action Plan implementation, moving from words to action
- Provide joint technical assistance and flexible financing to some twenty low- and middle-income countries
- Build momentum for AMR as a priority in global health and development agendas, catalyzing new bilateral, multilateral, and domestic AMR investments
Funding from AMR MPTF partners has so far enabled direct technical support and the implementation of multisectoral programs across fourteen countries in line with National Action Plans (NAPs). Thanks to current partner support, seven new countries are in the pipeline to receive AMR MPTF grants in 2026.
Over the last five years, AMR MPTF resources have also been disbursed for global activities such as developing a One Health Legal Assessment Tool to improve national AMR legal landscapes; enhancing multisectoral monitoring and evaluation plans; incorporating the environmental dimensions of AMR in NAPs; and integrating sector-specific surveillance data into a shared global visualization platform, that will harmonize data collection and enable future joint AMR and AMU data analysis.
For many countries, the AMR MPTF has been a forerunner, providing the first-ever, dedicated funding toward implementation of their National Action Plans and catalyzing lasting achievements. These joint successes have laid the foundation for sustained impact, notably developing the first joint inspection guidelines for antimicrobial distribution in Indonesia, reviving domestic vaccine production for a livestock tick-borne disease in Zimbabwe, achieving integrated AMU data collection in Ghana, harmonizing AMR surveillance standards in Senegal, drafting AMR legislation in Peru, and ensuring safer disposal of antimicrobials across five of the first ten AMR MPTF countries.
This progress has also unlocked new funding for multisectoral AMR action in four of the first ten countries supported with further catalytic effect expected over time.
The Quadripartite recognizes that without sustained regular contributions and partner engagement, these achievements would not have been possible.
Together is the best way forward
As AMR continues to pose a growing threat – with projections of millions of lives at risk and significant economic losses if left unchecked – the AMR MPTF has become a vital mechanism for collective action. The Quadripartite calls on Member States and philanthropic entities to join us on this journey, ensuring that more countries benefit from the joint expertise and financial resources deployed by the AMR MPTF and its partners.
We thank every donor, past, present, and future, for their commitment to tackling AMR. Together, we can achieve greater impact in building a healthier, more sustainable future.