Towards One Health action for addressing antimicrobial resistance in the age of polycrisis
Recent Publication
An international working group with the participation of Assoc. Prof. Dr Alexander Kirschner from the Department of Water Quality and Health shows in a recent article why antibiotic resistance is not only a medical problem, but also an environmental and social problem. The authors emphasise that resistant germs and resistance genes can be spread via wastewater, agriculture, industry, water, food and animals. Climate change, extreme weather, environmental pollution and a lack of sanitation in particular can exacerbate this problem. The work therefore calls for a consistent One Health approach in which human medicine, veterinary medicine, environmental research, politics and the population act together. The aim is not to combat resistance in hospitals, but to contain its development and spread at key environmental interfaces such as wastewater, agriculture and water.
EDAR7 Working Group (2026). Towards One Health action for addressing antimicrobial resistance in the age of polycrisis. Nature Sustainability, 9(1), 24-34. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-025-01753-z
Assoc. Prof. PD Mag. Dr. Alexander Kirschner
Scientific Staff (Sen. PostDoc)
Department of Water Quality and Health