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title: "World Economic Forum: Stop playing catch-up with superbugs"
description: An article describing a governance model that can help contain the rising threat of antimicrobial resistance
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# [World Economic Forum: Stop playing catch-up with superbugs](https://www.amractionfund.com/blog/world-economic-forum-stop-playing-catch-up-with-superbugs)

 Written by [admin](https://www.amractionfund.com/blog/author/admin) | Oct 15, 2025 9:30:00 AM

AMR Action Fund’s Deepali Patel, director of international policy, authored a piece for the World Economic Forum exploring the concept of anticipatory governance and how it can be applied to antimicrobial resistance.

One way to close the gap between warning and response is through anticipatory governance, acting early and staying ahead of the threat.

[Anticipatory governance](https://www.oecd.org/en/topics/anticipatory-governance.html) emphasizes foresight, inclusiveness and adaptive policy** **to address risks before they escalate to insurmountable crises. Rather than reacting to events after they unfold, it involves building institutional capacity to detect weak signals, assess future scenarios and act decisively on early warnings. The approach has been applied in diverse domains, from [climate](https://wmo.int/activities/early-warnings-all/wmo-and-early-warnings-all-initiative) to [emerging technologies](https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/2024/04/framework-for-anticipatory-governance-of-emerging-technologies_14bf0402.html) and [conflict resolution](https://www.weforum.org/stories/2025/03/anticipatory-governance-for-a-risky-world/)…

Anticipatory governance fosters collaboration through inclusive, participatory mechanisms that engage a broader range of actors, including all government ministries and departments, as well as private sector and civil society. These mechanisms harness the sense-making and sense-breaking strategies enabled by foresight, challenging entrenched assumptions and siloed practices while fostering transparency, legitimacy and a mandate to act across sectors.

Read[ the full article here](https://www.weforum.org/stories/2025/10/antimicrobial-resistance-anticipatory-governance/).

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