Ethiopia’s Health Security Pivot: Confronting the Rising AMR Threat

Ethiopia has taken a decisive step to safeguard its health future by rolling out an ambitious national strategy to counter the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). This intelligence brief unpacks why AMR has emerged as one of the most serious, yet under-analysed, risks to Ethiopia’s public health system—undermining treatment effectiveness, increasing mortality, and placing sustained pressure on already stretched health infrastructure.

The analysis examines Ethiopia’s shift toward a comprehensive, multisectoral “One Health” approach, linking human health, animal health, and environmental management. It highlights the strategic emphasis on surveillance expansion, laboratory and diagnostic capacity building, antibiotic stewardship, regulatory enforcement, and data-driven decision-making. Beyond healthcare, the report maps the broader humanitarian and economic implications of unchecked AMR, particularly for conflict-affected regions, rural livelihoods, and long-term development outcomes.

For governments, development partners, health investors, and policy analysts tracking Africa’s health security landscape, this brief offers early clarity on where institutional capacity is strengthening—and where implementation risks remain. Those who follow Global Eye Intelligence gain timely access to such forward-looking assessments before health shocks escalate into systemic crises and response windows narrow.