Antimicrobial Resistance in Fragile and Changing Systems
A special issue of Pathogens (ISSN 2076-0817).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 March 2027 | Viewed by 64
Editors
Interests: antimicrobial resistance; global burden
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Dear Colleagues,
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) remains one of the most urgent global health threats, with its burden increasingly concentrated in fragile, conflict-affected, and vulnerable settings (FCV settings), encompassing low- and middle-income countries, regions experiencing active or post-conflict instability, and populations displaced by political, climatic, or humanitarian crises. These contexts experience unique vulnerabilities, including limited, absent, or threatened diagnostics, disrupted surveillance, constrained formularies, and variable antimicrobial stewardship, all of which can accelerate the emergence and spread of resistant pathogens.
At the same time, global forces, including urbanization, environmental change, and increased human and animal mobility, are reshaping domestic and global infectious disease dynamics and facilitating cross-border transmission of resistance. These trends underscore the importance of different surveillance and control strategies to minimize the development and spread of antibiotic resistance, such as integrated One Health approaches to understand how resistance emerges, evolves, and disseminates within and beyond fragile systems.
For this Special Issue, we invite original research, comprehensive reviews, perspectives, and implementation case studies to advance our understanding of AMR in these complex environments. We welcome submissions on the following:
- Epidemiology and determinants of AMR in fragile or rapidly changing settings;
- Innovations in diagnostics, surveillance, and antimicrobial stewardship;
- Impacts of conflict, displacement, and health system disruption on resistance patterns;
- Implementation science, health system strengthening, and context-specific interventions;
- One Health approaches linking human, animal, and environmental drivers of resistance.
Submissions addressing WHO priority pathogens or examining resistance mechanisms in resource-limited contexts are particularly encouraged. By highlighting evidence from underrepresented settings and fostering multidisciplinary collaboration, this Special Issue will inform actionable strategies and strengthen global efforts to mitigate AMR.
Dr. Andrés F. Henao-Martínez
Dr. Philip K. Angelides
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- antimicrobial resistance
- global health
- fragile health systems
- LMICs
- conflict and displacement
- One Health
- antimicrobial stewardship
- surveillance
- diagnostics
- implementation science
- climate change
- health equity
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