Targeted Action and Financing the Fight Against Antimicrobial Resistance in Asia 2025

Actions that Asian corporations can take FIGURE 11 Develop educational materials for farmers and producers on responsible antimicrobial use. Invest in model farms to demonstrate better farming practices and proper antibiotic use in agriculture and livestock husbandry. Advocate for better farming practices (e.g. alternatives to antimicrobials and vaccination) to improve immunity of animals and prevent disease spread. Adopt more affordable and accurate diagnostic solutions as part of farming and livestock husbandry.Partner with farmers and producers Implement training programmes for staff on proper antimicrobial use and AMR risks. Establish antimicrobial stewardship programmes within the business. Contribute to better healthcare and sanitation infrastructure for vulnerable communities as part of CSR. Establish proper infection prevention and control protocols as part of workplace safety. Monitor and collect data on antimicrobial use within processing and manufacturing facilities. Champion best practices within their business Explore new ways of collaborating with other companies or stakeholders to pool resources and efforts.Collaborate with industry peers Set supplier requirements to report on antimicrobial use. Ensure supply chain keeps up with export requirements on food safety and acceptable levels of antimicrobials. Collect data on antimicrobial use across supply chains and contribute data to shared databases to support AMR surveillance.Manage supply chains Sprint: Prevent2 Sprint: Educate1 Sprint: Monitor3 Marathon: Treat4How Asian businesses and philanthropies can support the fight against AMR While there must be continued emphasis on fostering innovation to support antimicrobial development and to build the drug pipeline that will ultimately address AMR, more work is needed in tandem to mitigate the ongoing impacts of AMR while innovative solutions emerge. There are many areas where business owners can act within their own spheres of influence to reduce AMR deaths in their communities (see Figure 11).In the agriculture or food sectors, for example, businesses could take actions across all three sprints of education, prevention and monitoring as well as the marathon of treatment. By partnering with farmers and producers, businesses could advocate for better controls in farming practices with proper antibiotic use, as well as set supplier requirements to report on antimicrobial use and monitor use across the supply chain. Within businesses themselves, staff training programmes on the risks of AMR and how to establish proper infection control protocols could help in the fight against AMR. Source: Centre for Impact Investing and Practices (CIIP). Targeted Action and Financing the Fight Against Antimicrobial Resistance in Asia 37