India, Nov. 16 -- Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is often described as a "silent pandemic", but its impact is loudest in the places with the fewest resources. For communities already facing fragile health systems, climate shocks, food insecurity and pollution, rising drug resistance threatens to push basic care out of reach.

Young people, particularly in the Global South, live at the intersection of these crises. They are often the first to face the consequences of failing antibiotics, but the last to be invited into decision-making spaces. To help change this, the Quadripartite, comprising the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Organisat...