From People to Leaders: Almost 190 signatures from communities and civil society groups handed to leaders at UNGA in New York!

The People to Leaders: Act on AMR Now! campaign and its Call for Global Action has garnered significant support, with almost 730 signatures from more than 85 countries, including almost 190 signatures from community and civil society groups. On 24 September 2024, these signatures were presented at a United Nations General Assembly side event in New York, demonstrating the widespread concern and commitment to addressing this global health crisis.

Launched on April 5, 2023, by ReAct and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) the People to Leaders: Act on AMR Now! campaign has emerged as a powerful global movement, uniting communities, civil society groups, health professionals, scientists, educators, artists, and indigenous representatives in the fight against antimicrobial resistance (AMR). The initiative aims to urge world leaders to address the growing threat of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and recognize the vital role of communities and civil society in combating AMR.

Remarkable diversity of signatures

The diversity of organizations supporting the campaign is remarkable, spanning across continents and sectors. Signatories include medical associations, environmental groups, educational institutions, patient advocacy organizations, and indigenous representatives. From the Biomedical Science Student Association in The Gambia to the Stockholm International Water Institute in Sweden, the campaign has united voices from various backgrounds and expertise.

Notable supporters include global health organizations like Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) International, academic institutions such as Addis Ababa University in Ethiopia, and grassroots organizations like the Community of Poultry Farmers in Côte d’Ivoire. The campaign has also garnered support from professional bodies such as the Microbiology Society in the United Kingdom and patient groups like the Alliance of Patients’ Organisations Singapore.

List handed over to leaders at UNGA

At the From People to Leaders side-event & exhibition at White Space Chelsea, New York the list was handed over by Rabia Abeid Khaji, Service, Health, and Development for People living positively with HIV/AIDS (SHDEPHA+) to Carla Galea, Permanent Mission of Malta to the United Nations in New York.

The list was also handed over to Sweden’s AMR Ambassador Malin Grape at a side-event arranged by Sweden’s Public Health Agency, Permanent Mission of Sweden to the United Nations in New York and WHO Collaborating center for Antimicrobial Resistance.

Here is the latest list from 27 September of the civil society groups and communities that signed the call:

1. Abibi Nsroma Foundation, Ghana
2. ABR Literacy Program, Zambia
3. Acción Ecológica, Ecuador
4. Action for Child Neuro Development – Kenya, Kenya
5. Action Group for Health Human Rights and HIV/AIDS (AGHA), Uganda
6. Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
7. AHF AIDS HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION, India
8. AJRAM, Burkina Faso
9. Alentejo com Vida, Portugal
10. Aliansi Jurnalis Independen (AJI) Jakarta
11. Alliance against Antimicrobial Antipathy-AAA, Zambia
12. Alliance for Reducing Microbial Resistance, United Kingdom
13. Alliance for Sustainable Livestock, Nigeria
14. Alliance of Patients’ Organisations Singapore (APOS), Singapore
15. American Medical Women’s Association, United States
16. AMR ALLIANCE RWANDA, Rwanda
17. AMR initiative Rwanda, Rwanda
18. AMR Intervarsity Training Program, Nigeria
19. AMR Now, Kenya
20. AMR Patient Alliance:Africa Chapter, Malawi
21. AMR Policy Accelerator, Global Strategy Lab, Canada
22. AMR Think-Do-Tank, United Arab Emirates
23. AMR Watch Cameroon, Cameroon
24. AMRACE (AMR Action Collaborative Engagement), India
25. Antibiotic Smart Sweden, Sweden
26. Antimicrobial Alliance Youth Task Force, Tanzania
27. ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE CLUB, UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN, Nigeria
28. Antimicrobial Resistance Initiative Rwanda, Rwanda
29. APYIN, Nigeria
30. ARK Foundation, Bangladesh
31. Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF), Singapore
32. Asociacion Gremial de Bioquimicos del Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Alres (AGBGCABA) ArgentinaGCABA, Argentina
33. Asociación Para la Salud y el Servicio Social Intercomunal en El Salvador – APSIES, El Salvador
34. ASOCIACION PROSA, PERSONAS VIVIENDO CON VIH – PERÚ, Peru
35. Asociacion salvadoreña de infectologia, El Salvador
36. Bhakti Widya Farma (BWF) Pharmacy, Indonesia
37. Biomedical Science Student Association (American International University West Africa- The Gambia), Gambia
38. Bridge the gap initiative, Nigeria
39. Cabildo por las Mujeres de Cuenca, Ecuador
40. Cares for environment today, save the future, Ghana
41. Centre for Science and Environment, India
42. Centro de Encuentro con la Naturaleza CEN Refugio Calmacatl, Ecuador
43. Civil service Hosp, Nepal
44. Clinical laboratory Professionals, Tanzania
45. Community, India
46. Community of poultry farmers, Cote D\’ivoire
47. Confraternity of Patients Kenya (COFPAK), Kenya
48. Consumer Association the Qaulity of Life-EKPIZO, Greece
49. Consummate Health and Sanitation, Liberia
50. CSEM for UHC2030, France
51. CYNESA, Zimbabwe
52. Determined Youth For Sustainable Development, Liberia
53. Directorate of Veterinary Services, Kenya
54. DRASA Health Trust, Nigeria
55. DSPRUD, India
56. Ducit Blue Foundation, Nigeria
57. EANNASO, Tanzania
58. Eh!woza, South Africa
59. Emmaculate, Kenya
60. Empowerment support group, Kenya
61. ENABLE-2, Sweden
62. Farmaceuter utan Gränser – Sverige, Sweden
61. Federacion Ecuatoriana de Enfermeras/os -FEDE, Ecuador
62. FEMSA SALUD – Cruz Verde Colombia, Colombia
63. Food Animal Concerns Trust, United States
64. Foro “Salud Pública del Ecuador”, Ecuador
65. Foro Salud- Lima, Peru
66. Forum Komunikasi Apoteker Praktik, Indonesia
67. Frente Nacional por la salud de los Pueblos, Ecuador
68. Frontline AIDS, United Kingdom
69. Fundación Nube Positiva, Ecuador
70. Gender coordinator for Federation youth of Paynesville city, Liberia
71. Generational Stewards for Antimicrobials, Zimbabwe
72. Global Alliance for Surgical, Obstetric, Trauma, and Anaesthesia Care – G4 Alliance, United States
73. Global Health Dynamics and AMR Control, United Kingdom
74. Global Institute of Public Health, Kerala University of Health Sciences, India
75. Global One Health Advocacy Affairs, Kenya
76. Great Lakes Peace Centre Uganda, Uganda
77. Green International Applied Research Institute (GRINARI), Nepal
78. Gulu University AMR CLUB, Uganda
79. Health and Safety Advisory Centre (Hasac), Malaysia
80. Health Diplomacy Alliance, Switzerland
81. Health professional, Brazil
82. Health professional,academic institution, Egypt
83. Health volunteers, India
84. Health First, Cameroon
85. IDRC, Canada
86. IMA, India
87. Indonesia CARE for RARE Diseases, Indonesia
88. Infection Control Academy of India, India
89 Institut de recherche en élevage pour le dévelopment, Chad
90. Instituto de Salud Socioambiental, Argentina
91. International Society of Pharmacovigilance (ISoP), Sweden
92. Institute for Consumers Defende, Brazil
93. IPCAM, Malawi
94. JE- Latinoamérica, Ecuador
95. UNIVERSIDAD POPULAR DE LOS PUEBLOS, Colombia
96. Kabale University students body, Uganda
97. Kaya Herbals and nutrition, Kenya
98. Kenya medical association, Kenya
99. Latinxs Against Antimicrobial Resistance, Mexico
100. Lawyers for Animal Protection Africa, Kenya
101. Lentera Kesehatan Nusantara,  Indonesia
102. LHL International Tuberculosis Foundation, Norway
103. Long life Africa, Ghana
104. MAKERERE UNIVERSITY, Uganda
105. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) International, Switzerland
106. Metáfora Corporación Cultural, Colombia
107. Microbiology Society, United Kingdom
108. Military Health Service, Madagascar
109.MOPLS CBO, Kenya
110. Mouvement Universel pour la Survie de l’Humanité, Benin
111. Mov. Nacional de salud LAICRIMPO, Argentina
112. My fellow students and nation at large, Tanzania
113. NAHSAS Somalia, Somalia
114. National Laboratory Microbiology, Dominica
115. Nelson Mandela TB HIV Information CBO, Kenya
116. Network of TB Champions, Kenya
117. Nkhotakota district hospital, Malawi
118. NTBC-K, Kenya
119. Nyabende support programmes CBO, Kenya
110. Nymat Nepal, Nepal
121. OAZIS Health, Rwanda
122. Observatoire Burkinabè pour la qualité et la sécurité des soins (OBQUASS), Burkina Faso
123. Observatorio Sociolaboral y del Diálogo Social en el Ecuador OSLADE, Ecuador
124. One Health Alliance Jordan, Jordan
125. One Health and Development Initiative, Nigeria
126. One Health Coach Africa, Liberia
127. One Health in Action Initiative, Nigeria
128. One health Society Tanzania, Tanzania
129. One Health Trust, India
130. ONG IDSCOM.CI (INITIATIVE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT DES ACTIONS DE SANTE COMMUNAUTAIRE EN COTE D’IVOIRE), Cote D\’ivoire
131. Operation Smile, United States
132. PAELI, Indonesia
133. PAMOJA TB, Kenya
134. Pan-African Treatment Access Movement, Zimbabwe
135. PAPRA Indonesia, Indonesia
136. Patients and Community Welfare Foundation of Malawi, Malawi
137. Peer To Peer Uganda (PEERU), Uganda
138. People affected by TB, Kenya
132. People´s Health Movement (PHM), Colombia
133. Plastlabor Company, Brazil
134. PRAINDO, Indonesia
135. ReAct Africa, Zambia
136. ReAct Asia Pacific, India
137. ReAct Europe, Sweden
138. ReAct Latinoamerica, Ecuador
139. Red de Agricultura Orgánica de Misiones, Argentina
140. Red Nacional de OAT del Perú/ Organización Distrital de Afectados por Tuberculosis y VIH Villa El Salvador “”, Peru
141. Resistomap, Finland
142. Roll Back Antimicrobial resistance Initiative (RBA Initiative), Tanzania
144. Rusangu Community, Zambia
145. Rwanda One Health and Innovation Club, Rwanda
146. SAM: Sociedad Argentina de Medicina, Argentina
147. Santé Drug Academy, Congo
148. Service, Health and Development for People Living Positively with HIV/AIDs (SHDEPHA+), Tanzania
149. SESP NUCLEP DEL AZUAY, Ecuador
150. She Speaks Power, Liberia
151. Sinatsisa Lubombo Women and girls Empowerment organization, Swaziland
152. SIVDC, Cote D\’ivoire
153. Snowman Artland, Kenya
154. Social Security, Bolivia
155. Sociedad Ecuatoriana de Salud Pública, Ecuador
156.SOHIC, Tanzania
157. SOHIC UAO, Cote D\’ivoire
158. South African Antibiotic Stewardship Program, South Africa
159. St Vincent & the Grenadines AMR committee, Saint Vincent and The Grenadines
160. Stockholm International Water Institute, Sweden
161. Student One-Health Innovative Club Buea (SOHIC), Cameroon
162. Students One Health Innovation Club de l’Université Alassane Ouattara de Bouaké, Cote D\’ivoire
163. Sustera Foundation, India
164. Tanzania Health Awake-THA, Tanzania
165. Tanzania TB Community Network, Tanzania
166. TAPSA TANZANIA, Tanzania
167. The AMR Narrative, United Kingdom
168. The European Public Health Alliance (EPHA), Belgium
169. UDUYARS, Nigeria
170. Uganda youth Consortium for Antimicrobial Stewardship, Uganda
171. Union for International Cancer Control, Switzerland
172. Université de Douala, Cameroon
173. Universities Allied for Essential Medicines Europe, Sweden
174. Usmanu Danfodiyo University Young Antimicrobial Resistance Stewards (UDUYARS), Nigeria
175. Stewards (UDUYARS), Nigeria
176. Världsinfektionsfonden/World Infection Fund, Sweden
177. Vijana in Antimicrobial Resistance, Zambia
178. WACI Health, South Africa
179. WaterAid, Sweden
180. WAVE, Uganda
181. WFIPP, Netherlands
182. White Ribbon Alliance, Kenya
183. Women in Malatia, Kenya
184. Women’s Wellbeing Initiatives Liberia, Liberia
185. World Animal Protection Brazil, Brazil
186. Wote Youth Development Projects CBO, Kenya
187. Yasunidos Guapondelig, Ecuador
188. Yayasan KNCV Indonesia, Indonesia
189. Yayasan orangtua peduli, Indonesia
190. Zambia Antimicrobial Resistance Coordinating Committee, Zambia
191. Zihi Institute, Kenya
192. Zimbabwe National network of PLHIV, Zimbabwe