Containing the 'Silent Pandemic'
Antibiotics are becoming ineffective in treating infectious diseases. The world is faced with the deadly silent pandemic of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), which is being seen as a cause of huge cumulative damage. Known to heavily impact low- and middle-income countries, AMR is a threat to global health, food safety, nutrition security, livelihood and attainment of Sustainable Development Goals. The global and national response to this crisis needs to be swifter, stronger and scaled up.
Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) is bringing together over 100 experts from across the two continents of Africa and Asia at a virtual global workshop to discuss the future agenda on containing this scourge through the One Health approach.
26 participating countries Over 125 experts (including about 60 AMR focal points) More than 60 speakers Discussants from 12 African countries Botswana, Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe Discussants from 14 Asian countries Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Iran, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam
For more information, contact:
Rajeshwari Sinha
Programme Manager
Food Safety and Toxins Programme
Centre for Science and Environment
| Live Streaming | |
| Inaugural session | |
| Press Release | |
| March 23, 2021 CSE organises global meet on antimicrobial resistance, calls AMR as catastrophic as COVID-19 and climate change |
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| March 24-25, 2021 The world recognises the threat posed by antimicrobial resistance (AMR), but on-ground action is slow – say experts at CSE’s Africa-Asia meet |
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| Presentations | |
| DAY 1 | |
| One Health approach to fight AMR By: Sunita Narain, DG, CSE |
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| Reimagining the strategy to tackle Antimicrobial Resistance in India By: Dr Roderico H. Ofrin WHO Representative to India |
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| Challenges to the effective implementation of National Action Plans for Antimicrobial Resistance By: Marc Mendelson Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town Chair, Ministerial Advisory Committee on AMR |
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| DAY 2 | |
| Tackling Environmental Antimicrobial Resistance By: Jacqueline Alvarez |
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| Farm Antibiotic use and Husbandry By: Cóilín Nunan |
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| Antibiotic use for disease prevention in food-animals By: Amit Khurana, CSE |
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| Tackling environmental AMRA By: Rajeshwari Sinha |
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| Concluding session | |
| Full Programme | |
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| ON THE AGENDA | |
| Implementation of National Action Plans | |
| Political commitment and funding | |
| National expectations from global governance | |
| Role of civil society and media | |
| AMR from food-production settings and environmental routes |
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