Recommendation 11

An important part of the UK’s international work on AMR is the aid provided, particularly through the Fleming Fund, to fund AMR initiatives in low- and middle-income countries. This aid can help support the global fight against AMR, for example by helping to develop surveillance and data collection for AMR in countries with less well-established healthcare systems.25 DHSC told us that the recent announcement of cuts to the UK’s Official Development Assistance spending is likely to put international development efforts on AMR under pressure.26 Cuts in other countries’ aid budgets might have the same effect.27 We received a number of written submissions that stressed the benefits of UK aid-funded projects on global AMR, and raised concerns that cuts to development aid may hinder the UK’s ability to contribute to the global fight against AMR.28 Progress on the 2019–24 National Action Plan