The 4th Ministerial Conference on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) will be hosted by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on 15-16 November in Jeddah, including a day of side-events on 14 November for state and non-state actors.

The conference will present a significant opportunity for participating countries to take forward the political commitments made throughout the year and align on collective actions to addressing the rising challenge of antimicrobial AMR.

Under the theme “From Declaration to Implementation – Accelerating Actions Through Multisectoral Partnerships for the Containment of AMR” the conference will provide a platform for exchange of best practices and pave the road to implementation across the entire ecosystems, including human- and animal health, agriculture as well as the environment.

For the second time, the United Nations General Assembly will convene a High-Level Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). The meeting will be held on 26 September 2024 in New York during General Assembly’s 79^th session. The theme of the meeting is “Investing in the present and securing our future together: Accelerating multi-sectoral global, regional and national actions to address Antimicrobial Resistance.”

In the lead up to the High-Level Meeting at the UN General Assembly, a Global Media Briefing organised by Global AMR Media Alliance (GAMA) will hold on 11 September 2024, Wednesday, featuring a high-level panel of experts from Quadripartite Joint Secretariat on AMR and Quadripartite organizations (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), World Health Organization (WHO), and World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH). Representatives from WHO Task Force of AMR Survivors and Quadripartite Working Group on Youth Engagement for AMR will also be on the panel, followed by an interactive session.

All journalists and other media actors are welcome to join the session.

About antimicrobial resistance

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) will be addressed for the second time during a High-Level Meeting on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in September 2024. The meeting was an opportunity to accelerate political action on AMR based on the One Health approach. 

The side event provided Heads of Government and State, Government Ministers and political leaders with the chance to discuss effective approaches to addressing AMR at a local, national and global level in relation to funding, policy development and multi-sectoral collaboration. 

Through a political declaration, UN Member States committed to new targets and practical steps to address this global threat for humans, animals, plants and the environment. WOAH is supporting dialogues alongside its Quadripartite partners (FAO, UNEP and WHO) with the aim of consolidating this political commitment to sustainably implement cross-sectoral National Action Plans.

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About antimicrobial resistance

AMR occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites no longer respond to antimicrobial agents. As a result of drug resistance, antibiotics and other antimicrobial agents become ineffective and infections become difficult or impossible to treat, increasing the risk of disease spread, severe illness and death. 

The Quadripartite organisations have developed the One Health Priority Research Agenda for AMR  (AMR-OHPRA), as a joint initiative to assist in directing and catalyzing scientific interest and financial investments for AMR priority research across sectors for countries and funding bodies. The research agenda also serves as a guide to prevent and mitigate AMR within the One Health approach that will help policymakers, researchers, and a multidisciplinary scientific community to work together on solutions. 

Join us for the 6^th webinar on 24 April 2024 from 12h to 13:30 CEST. This edition will focus on the “Economics and Policy” pillar. The webinar will include a panel discussion on the challenges and opportunities that this Agenda brings to the One Health community and how this agenda can attract and motivate donors, the scientific community, and governments to support research addressing the specific areas identified on Economics and Policy in the AMR-OHPRA. 

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Previous editions

The 4^th webinar was organised on 07 February 2024 from 12h to 13:30 CET and focused on the “Interventions” pillar. The fourth webinar included a panel discussion on the challenges and opportunities that this Agenda brings to the One Health community and how this agenda can attract and motivate donors, the scientific community, and governments to support research addressing the specific areas identified on Interventions in the AMR-OHPRA. 

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The Quadripartite organizations have developed the One Health Priority Research Agenda for AMR  (AMR-OHPRA), as a joint initiative to assist in directing and catalyzing scientific interest and financial investments for AMR priority research across sectors for countries and funding bodies. The research agenda also serves as a guide to prevent and mitigate AMR within the One Health approach that will help policymakers, researchers, and a multidisciplinary scientific community to work together on solutions. 

The second webinar will be organized on 6 December 2023 from 12h to 13:30 CET and focus on the “Transmission” pillar. The webinar will include a panel discussion on the challenges and opportunities that this Agenda brings to the One Health community and how this agenda can attract and motivate donors, the scientific community, and governments to support research addressing the specific areas identified on Transmission in the AMR-OHPRA. 

We welcome you to participate virtually in the second webinar dedicated to the Transmission Pillar of the One Health Priority Research Agenda for the AMR. We look forward to your participation in this important launch event. Please register to the webinar using the link below.

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The Quadripartite organisations have developed the One Health Priority Research Agenda for AMR (AMR-OHPRA), as a joint initiative to assist in directing and catalysing scientific interest and financial investments for AMR priority research across sectors for countries and funding bodies. The research agenda also serves as a guide to prevent and mitigate AMR within the One Health approach that will help policymakers, researchers, and a multidisciplinary scientific community to work together on solutions. 
 
A webinar series was conducted to present and discuss the full AMR-OHPRA report, and the priority research areas identified in each of the five pillars, namely transmission, integrated surveillance, interventions, behavioral insights and change, and policy and economics.
 
Join us virtually in the first webinar dedicated to the overall presentation of the One Health Priority Research Agenda for the AMR. We look forward to your participation in this important launch event.

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The 1st global joint summit of human and veterinary medicines regulatory authorities to preserve antimicrobials, with the theme, ‘Phasing out over-the-counter sales of antibiotics,’ was hosted by the Quadripartite organisations – FAO, UNEP, WHO, and WOAH – on 4-5 May 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland.

The summit, conducted in a hybrid format, brought together over 200 participants from 100 countries, including human and veterinary medicines regulators, policymakers, scientists, UN agencies, international organisations, and other stakeholders from around the world. The summit agenda was informed by a series of pre-summit consultations with human and veterinary prescribers, civil society as well as industry stakeholders.

AMR is associated with a significantly high mortality and morbidity as evidenced by 4.95 million associated deaths and 1.27 million deaths attributable to bacterial AMR in 2019 with implications for public health, animal health, food security and the global economy which demands the concerted efforts of all stakeholders. 

The main aim of the summit was to review the current global status of over-the-counter sales of antibiotics in both human and veterinary health sectors and identify relevant intervention strategies to phase out over-the counter sales, unregulated and unlawful online sales, as well as sub-standards and falsified medicines.  

The summit also aimed to define ways to enhance collaboration and coordination among human and veterinary medicines regulatory agencies and other key stakeholders. 

The Global Leaders Group on AMR is pleased to invite you to the Country Progress and Political Action on AMR in Agrifood Systems: Building Towards the UNGA High-Level Meeting on AMR in 2024 event at the UN Food Systems Summit.

This online event will discuss:

• country priority actions on AMR within agrifood systems
• reducing the AMR risk and the need for antimicrobials in the agrifood systems applying a One Health approach
• the upcoming UNGA 2024 HLM on AMR and priority actions to address AMR from farm to fork for a more sustainable, resilient, inclusive, and efficient agrifood systems

The Quadripartite organisations have developed a One Health Priority Research Agenda for AMR report. This is a joint initiative to assist in directing and catalysing scientific interest and financial investments for priority research agenda across sectors for countries and funding bodies. The research agenda also serves as a guide to One Health AMR that will help policymakers, researchers, and a multidisciplinary scientific community work together on solutions to prevent and mitigate AMR within the One Health approach.

Participate virtually in the webinar to launch the One Health Priority Research Agenda for AMR due to take place on 28 June 2023 from 12:00pm to 13:30 CET.

Agenda

Welcome and scene-setting

• Moderator: Sarah Nehrling

Presentation of the One Health Priority Research Agenda for Antimicrobial Resistance

• Dr. Haileyesus Getahun, Director, Quadripartite Joint Secretariat on AMR, WHO

Moderated Panel Discussion

• Maria Helena Semedo, Deputy Director-General, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
• Jacqueline Álvarez, Chief, Chemicals and Health Branch, Economy Division, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
• Hanan H. Balkhy, Assistant Director-General for Antimicrobial Resistance, World Health Organization (WHO)
• Montserrat Arroyo Kuribreña, Deputy Director General, International Standards and Science, World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH)
• Robert Skov, Scientific Director at the International Center for Antimicrobial Resistance Solutions (ICARS)
• Scott Weese, Professor in the Department of Pathobiology, Director of the Centre for Public Health and Zoonoses, University of Guelph, Global Leaders Group member on AMR
• Sabiha Essack, Professor in the South African Research Chair (SARChI) in Antibiotic Resistance and One Health and Professor in Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN)

Wrap up and closing

• Moderator: Sarah Nehrling