Financial and administrative implications for the Secretariat of resolutions proposed for adoption by the Executive Board

EXECUTIVE BOARD EB144/CONF./3 Add.1 144th session 26 January 2019 Agenda item 5.8 Financial and administrative implications for the Secretariat of resolutions proposed for adoption by the Executive Board Resolution: Antimicrobial resistance A. Link to the approved Programme budget 2018–2019 1. Output(s) in the approved Programme budget 2018–2019 to which this draft resolution would contribute if adopted: 1.6.1. All countries have essential capacity to implement national action plans to monitor, prevent and reduce infections caused by antimicrobial resistance 1.6.2. Appropriate use and availability of antimicrobial medicines in human health and food production settings as a contribution to improving access to and maintaining effectiveness of treatment 1.6.3. High-level political commitment sustained and effective coordination at the global level to combat antimicrobial resistance in support of the Sustainable Development Goals 2. Short justification for considering the draft resolution, if there is no link to the results as indicated in the approved Programme budget 2018–2019: Not applicable. 3. Any additional Secretariat deliverables during the biennium 2018–2019, which are not already included in the approved Programme budget 2018–2019: The draft resolution requests the Director-General to accelerate the implementation of the global action plan on antimicrobial resistance across all levels of WHO, and significantly enhance support and technical assistance to countries to implement their multisectoral national action plans for combating antimicrobial resistance. 4. Estimated implementation time frame (in years or months) to achieve the resolution: Three years: 2019–2021. B. Resource implications for the Secretariat for implementation of the resolution 1. Total resource requirements to implement the resolution, in US$ millions: US$ 124.4 million. 2.a. Estimated resource requirements already planned for in the approved Programme budget 2018–2019, in US$ millions: US$ 41.7 million. EB144/CONF./3 Add.1 2 2.b. Estimated resource requirements in addition to those already planned for in the approved Programme budget 2018–2019, in US$ millions: An additional US$ 10 million for 2019. 3. Estimated resource requirements in the draft Proposed programme budget 2020–2021, in US$ millions: US$72.7 million. The estimated resource requirements are based on planned country costs, regional costs and headquarters costs for the biennium, including the scale-up of capacity to provide technical assistance to implement the resolution. 4. Estimated resource requirements in future programme budgets, in US$ millions: Not applicable. 5. Level of available resources to fund the implementation of the resolution in the current biennium, in US$ millions – Resources available to fund the resolution in the current biennium: US$ 38 million. – Remaining financing gap in the current biennium: US$ 13.7 million. – Estimated resources, not yet available, if any, which would help to close the financing gap in the current biennium: US$ 8 million in 2019, based on current projections. EB144/CONF./3 Add.1 3 Table. Breakdown of estimated resource requirements (in US$ millions) Biennium Costs Region Headquarters Total Africa The Americas South-East Asia Europe Eastern Mediterranean Western Pacific 2018–2019 resources already planned Staff 2.3 0.0 4.5 2.5 1.8 2.7 12.9 26.7 Activities 4.5 1.6 1.0 2.2 0.8 0.8 4.1 15.0 Total 6.8 1.6 5.5 4.7 2.6 3.5 17.0 41.7 2018–2019 additional resources Staff 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 2.0 5.0 Activities 0.5 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.5 5.0 Total 1.0 1.5 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 3.5 10.0 2020–2021 resources to be planned Staff 2.5 4.2 3.3 1.8 1.5 2.2 16.0 31.5 Activities 8.4 6.0 5.6 2.3 4.0 3.2 11.7 41.2 Total 10.9 10.2 8.9 4.1 5.5 5.4 27.7 72.7 Future bienniums resources to be planned Staff 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Activities 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Total 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 = = =