Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a critical threat with far-reaching consequences. Resistant microbes spread worldwide, exacerbating poverty, jeopardising food security, and widening inequalities. Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) bear a disproportionate burden of infectious diseases and AMR due to region-specific factors, such as limited access to clean water, sanitation, healthcare, and unregulated sale of antimicrobials.
Funding efforts to mitigate AMR have been primarily driven by the Global North donors, who have traditionally been shaping the AMR global health (research) agendas, with variable engagement and ownership by LMIC policymakers and stakeholders.
To enhance awareness of these challenges and the current AMR resource mobilisation in LMICs, the 'Advocacy for Impact - Strengthening Sustainable Resource Mobilisation in LMICs' Action Group invites you to join our webinar on
1 February 2024, 02:00 PM – 03:30 PM (CET) via MS-Teams
At the webinar, a panel discussion will highlight the importance of tackling the pressing issue of AMR within the framework of international cooperation and sustainable development. Specifically, the webinar will:
- Enhance awareness of the current AMR resource mobilisation in LMICs
- Reflect on the impact of funding models in mitigating AMR in LMICs
- Generate recommendations to inform the UNGA high-level meeting on AMR in 2024 and beyond.
This webinar is the first activity of the Action Group, part of the Quadripartite AMR Multi-Stakeholder Partnership Platform and comprises GIZ, ICARS, Global AMR R&D Hub, JPIAMR and more.
Moderator:
- Prof Sabiha Essack, South African Research Chair in Antibiotic Resistance and One Health and Professor in Pharmaceutical Sciences
Keynotes:
- Dr Naomi Rupashighe, Senior Health Specialist, Europe and Central Asia at the World Bank
- Dr Yewande Alimi, AMR & One Health Unit Lead at Africa CDC
Panellists:
- Dr Tim Jinks, Head of Interventions for Infectious Diseases at Wellcome Trust,
- Dr Mirfin Mpundu, Director of ReAct Africa,
- Dr Satoko Otsu, Team Lead, WHO Health Emergencies Programme, WHO Representative Office for Lao PDR
- Prof Judtih Torimiro, Director of Laboratories at the Chantal Biya International Reference Centre for Research on HIV/AIDS Prevention and Management (CIRB), Cameroon
Representatives from the Danish Foreign Ministry, German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development and Swedish Government will also contribute to the discussions.
More information about the participants and the final agenda will follow.
Please register below for the event.
After registration you will receive a confirmation email with the dial-in link.
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