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Antibiotic resistance
The threat
A complex global challenge
What do we need?
Associate Professor Mattias Larsson on the challenges of antibiotic resistance in Vietnam
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Course: Antibiotic Resistance – The Silent Tsunami
Part 1
Welcome to the course
Meet the course team
Glossary
The discovery of antibiotics
The burden of antibiotic resistance
Warm-up exercise
Has Fleming’s warning been ignored?
Experiences from the field
Antibiotic resistance in the media
Test your understanding I
Reflection and analysis: the importance of surveillance
End of part 1
Part 2
Bacteria basics
Bacterial evolution and importance of normal flora
Antibiotic basics
A doctor’s reality
An ethical dilemma
Antibiotic use in humans
Antibiotic use in animals
Introduction to antibiotic resistance
Emergence and spread of antibiotic resistance
Infection prevention and control in the clinic
Antibiotics and resistance (quiz)
Test your understanding II
Reflection and analysis: optimizing antibiotic use on poultry farms
End of part 2
Part 3
Nearly empty pipeline
Why don’t we simply develop new antibiotics?
Alternatives to antibiotics
New business models addressing antibiotic resistance
How can we tackle this rather critical situation?
Innovation of antibiotics
Securing access while reducing excess
Access not excess – rational use of antibiotics
Who is responsible?
Test your understanding III
Reflection and analysis: the access-excess dilemma
End of part 3
Part 4
A global problem
What do we need to do for the future?
Global initiatives to fight antibiotic resistance
What can I do?
Resistance quiz
Panel discussion
Where do you think we will be in 50 years?
Test your understanding IV
Reflection and analysis: engaging the general public
End of course
Thank you and farewell
Toolbox
Understand
Bacteria
Essential for life
Bacteria and infections
Antibiotics
How do antibiotics work?
History of antibiotic development
Antibiotic resistance
Mutations and selection
Resistance mechanisms
Transfer of antibiotic resistance
Multidrug-resistant bacteria
Plasmids and co-selection
Spread of resistant bacteria
Health care-associated infections
How did we end up here?
Use and inappropriate use
In human medicine
In animals/agriculture
Few antibiotics under development
Antibiotics in the environment
Problems related to quality of antibiotics
Why should I care?
Resistant bacteria cause treatment failures
Economic losses
Carriage of resistant bacteria
Superinfections
Drug side effects and allergy
What can I do?
As an individual
As a health professional
As a policy maker
Raise Awareness
How do people change?
Set up a campaign
Engage
Assess
Plan
Implement
Evaluate
Campaigns
Education and training
Inspirational examples
World Antimicrobial Awareness Week
Superheroes against Superbugs
Reimagining Resistance
Educational programs in Iran
Measure
Burden
Antibiotic resistance
Humans
Food animals
Environment
Consumption
Humans
Food animals
Appropriate use
Humans
Food animals
Infections
Humans
Food animals
Quality of antibiotics
Knowledge and practices
Inspirational examples
Interactive visualization tools
Strengthening National and Regional AMR Detection and Surveillance in the Caribbean Community
Surveillance study in Ghana
Rational use
Health care
Core components
Set up a program
Engage stakeholders
Assess the situation
Plan
Implement
Evaluate progress
Interventions
Food animals
Getting started
Interventions
Inspirational examples
Improving antibiotic use for UTIs in Nepal
Antibiotics Smart Use Thailand
Work to reduce antibiotic use in Sweden – strategies and lessons learnt
Antimicrobial stewardship in South Africa
Improving tuberculosis care in India
Prevent infection
Health care
Core components
Set up a program
Engage stakeholders
Assess the situation
Plan IPC efforts
Implement
Evaluate progress
Interventions
Basic
Infection specific
Pathogen specific
Food animals
Getting started
Interventions
Inspirational examples
Prevention of HAIs in Ethiopia
The Dutch success model
Scrub the hub
Policy
Global Policy
National action plans
Develop a national action plan
Engage stakeholders
Assess the situation
Finalizing the plan
Elements of a plan
Evaluate progress of the national action plan on antimicrobial resistance
Implement the plan
Awareness and understanding
Infection prevention and control
Surveillance of antibiotic resistance
Monitor antibiotic consumption
Rational use of antibiotics
Access
Environmental considerations
Gender mainstreaming
Inspirational examples
Thailand’s policy work
Ghana’s national policy
Strama – a national strategic program
WHO regional support to Central Asian countries
Economy of stewardship
About the toolbox
The ReAct Toolbox Advisory Group
How to use the Toolbox
Questions and answers
Funders
Contact the Toolbox team
UN HLM AMR 2024
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Sign the Global Call
Call for Global Action – From People to Leaders: Act on AMR NOW!
Llamado a la Accíon Global: De los pueblos a los líderes ¡Actúa frente a la RAM, ahora!
Campaign toolkit
Supporters
Antibiotic Smart Sweden Supports the Global Call to Action on AMR!
WaterAid supports
RBA initiative supports
PATAM Director Tapiwa Kujinga calls for concrete measures to tackle AMR
Health and Safety Advisory Centre: “Vulnerable populations need access to antibiotics”
Why communities and civil society groups are key to the global AMR response
Supporter videos
Online launch of Call for Global Action
Press Release
10 Facts
Chat on X
From People to Leaders SIDE-EVENT & exhibition
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From People to Leaders: Global civil society unites to tackle antimicrobial resistance at UNGA in New York!
News & Views
News and Opinions
2024
ReAct activities for World AMR Awareness Week 2024
4th Global High-Level Ministerial Conference on AMR in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Empowered Communities 2024
Reflections from the week of the UN High-Level Meeting on AMR in New York
Zambia moves to strengthen legislative role in addressing AMR
ReAct at UNGA in New York!
Forum on “Living land, food and antimicrobial resistance” launched in Guatemala City
Engaging medical colleges in tackling AMR
Art, education and community unite to address antibiotic resistance in Colombia
Merhawi Feshazian
ReAct’s statement at UN High-Level meeting on AMR
ReAct partners with ITN Business to improve equitable access to effective antibiotics
New study: Antibiotic resistance could cause nearly 40 million deaths by 2050
ReAct statement on the final version of the Political Declaration on AMR
Opinion: The world’s response to antibiotic resistance is still too weak
International Meeting “Mother Earth, One Health”: A commitment to life
Latest version of UN High-Level Meeting Political Declaration disappoints in crucial places
ReAct Asia Pacific AMR Conference
Open letter to Ms Amina J Mohammed
Key takeaways from LMIC roundtable on global governance on antibiotic resistance
Wold Microbiome Day 2024: Dialogue on alternative to war metaphor in medicine
ReAct Asia Pacific engages students and teachers in the fight against antibiotic resistance
The Global Campaign From People to Leaders: Support from 97 communities and civil society groups!
Growing support for the ‘From People to Leaders’ campaign!
Community engagement report Asia Pacific
Reflections from a week where stakeholders took the stage in New York
ReAct’s Impact Report 2023!
Cancer, antimicrobial resistance and community engagement
People’s Health Assembly, Argentina
ABR and AMR
ReAct receives additional financial support from Sweden
AMR must remain an important piece in the Pandemic Agreement puzzle
Rocky start for the UN High level meeting on AMR
ReAct Africa and LifeArc launch the ASPIRE initiative for stronger action on antimicrobial resistance
UN High Level Meeting on AMR: Countdown begins
ReAct Latin America Dialogue Series
ReAct expands its work
New Report Community Engagement
World Cancer Day: Cancer communities can help making the UN High Level meeting on AMR a turning point
Handbook for Antibiotic Smart Communities Framework
Dr. S.S. Lal appointed new Director for ReAct Asia Pacific!
2023
New ReAct Brief: Antibiotic resistance is one of the greatest & most urgent cross-border health crises of our time – but still not addressed as such!
3 questions to MSF: Antimicrobial resistance in the ongoing Gaza war
ReAct reports from the first AMR Multi-stakeholder Partnership Platform Plenary Assembly
Workshop on community engagement on antibiotic resistance
ReAct Asia Pacific: Youth engagement in India
ReAct highlights World AMR Awareness Week 2023
Latin America Empowered Communities: One Health meeting with diverse and hopeful voices
Zambia: March for treatable infections during World AMR Awareness Week
Release ReAct Africa Conference Report
ReAct activities for World AMR Awareness Week 2023
Join React Latin America Empowered Communities Meeting Series in November!
Join ReAct webinar! AMR High-level Meeting 2024: Mobilizing Collective Action
ReAct Report: Unlocking Barriers for Collective Action
5 reasons why the European Transferable Exclusivity Voucher proposal should go in the bin
Alforja Educativa launched in Brazil!
ReAct Asia Pacific: Engaging youth on AMR
Antibiotic smart students and Teachers
Key takeaways from the ReAct Africa & South Centre Conference 2023
ART, BACTERIA AND THE MICROBIOME – A book launch in Ecuador
Community engagement series – education and advocacy materials!
Student Kyembe Ignitius Salachi
ReAct is hiring! Are you our new Director for ReAct Asia Pacific?
Strengthening Diagnostics Capacity: How can the newly adopted resolution help to contain the spread of antibiotic resistance?
Almedalen 2023
Join international dialogue on Art, Microbes and Planetary Health!
Key achievements on antibiotic resistance during the Swedish EU Council Presidency
ReAct Africa Conference 2023
3 reason why a new Pandemic Accord should address antibiotic resistance
ReAct’s Impact Report 2019-2022!
Ambitious new AMR recommendations adopted by EU Member States today
33rd ECCMID – ReAct’s highlights and impressions
Uppsala Dialogue meeting: Experts from more than 20 countries gathered for collaborative actions on ABR
ReAct Asia Pacific: Sensitizing civil society in India
Sweden: International high-level meeting – unlocking barriers for collective action on antibiotic resistance
Sweden’s successful approach to antibiotic resistance can be used as inspiration in other countries
When Doctor Rianto suffered from antibiotic resistance as a patient
ReAct Latin America: Cycling as community engagement
Statement by ReAct – in response to the EC adoption of the revised pharmaceutical legislation proposal
Mitigating AMR using implementation research: a development funder’s approach
High-level conference in Japan: Universal Health Coverage, pandemic prevention, preparedness & response and AMR in focus
New UNEP report – spotlight on environment and AMR
New publication! Equitable access to antibiotics: A core element for pandemic preparedness and response
Sustainable access to effective antibiotics in focus at Swedish EU presidency High-level meeting
New ReAct Expert Policy Brief: 5 key challenges and public not-for-profit solutions in early stages antibiotics R&D
Time is ticking – more needs to be done to tackle antibiotic resistance
Sweden: Towards an antibiotic smart society
Lancet article: Transferable exclusivity voucher: A flawed incentive to stimulate antibiotic innovation
Lancet article: An analysis of existing national action plans for antimicrobial resistance – gaps and opportunities in strategies optimising antibiotic use in human populations
New experts in the ReAct Toolbox Advisory Group!
Dancing with bacteria: a theatrical performance about antibiotic resistance
Malin Grape – Sweden’s AMR Ambassador on her role and the Swedish EU Presidency
Genomic analysis of sewage from 101 countries reveals global landscape of antimicrobial resistance
Dr. Jaya Ranjalkar new Director ReAct Asia Pacific
2022
15 things that need to happen in 2023 – for a robust response on antibiotic resistance!
7.7 million people die from bacterial infections every year
ReAct highlights during World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2022
Awareness walk in Lusaka, Zambia
ReAct Asia Pacific: Competitions, webinars, social media campaigns and new Indonesian declaration on AMR
Otto Cars awarded Research!Sweden’s Honorary Award
Innovate4Health: 16 finalists from 12 countries!
Otto Cars has dedicated his life to the fight against antibiotic resistance
ReAct activities for World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2022
ReAct Asia Pacific: Antibiotic Smart Communities as a way forward
Webinar ReAct Asia Pacific! Moving towards an Antibiotic Smart Community – the use of a novel indicator framework
Join ReAct Latin America Meeting: Empowered Communities!
The impact of antibiotic resistance on cancer treatment, especially in low-and middle-income countries, and the way forward
Sweden: Pernilla’s 8-day old daughter died from sepsis – caused by resistant bacteria Klebsiella
Five challenges that governments need to address in resolving the stagnation in antibiotic development
The monkeypox outbreak: Need for antibiotic stewardship?
Key takeaways from the ReAct Africa and South Centre Conference
New ReAct Europe and EPHA position paper on EU incentives for new antibiotics development
Launch of a new approach to antimicrobial stewardship in Zambia
Time to register for the annual ReAct Africa and South Centre conference!
Innovate4Health 2022: Call for student team applications!
“Need to address the paradox of hospitals spreading disease” says new WHO report
5 takeaways from AMR Stockholm+50 event
Student Tehseen Contractor
ReAct Latin America: call to governments on the use of antimicrobials in intensive animal husbandry
Join ReAct Stockholm+50 associated event! Global AMR response – What needs to be done?
New opportunities for global action on AMR?
Public hearings on elements to be included in a new international instrument on pandemic preparedness & response
Policy briefing on WHO GAP AMR: 8 pillars of action to address global solutions to AMR
India: State Action Plans on AMR in focus at stakeholder colloquium
The silence is killing us – time to listen to the facts
Access to clean water – a fairly inexpensive way to avoid infections
Anna Sjöblom new Director ReAct Europe
Dr. Hari Paraton: Drug resistance bacteria threatens lives of mothers and newborns
Antibiotic resistance claims more than 1,2 million lives a year, says new large study
Artificial intelligence – the future of antibiotic resistance prevention?
2021
Winners ReAct Asia Pacific and Aspic Clubs photo competition 2021
ReAct Africa Conference: Key takeaways and way forward
World Health Assembly Special Session 2: Openings for stronger governance of the silent antibiotic resistance pandemic
Staff interview Juan-Carlos Lopez
ReAct highlights during World Antibiotic Awareness week 2021
Staff interview Maria Pränting
5 lessons learned from Latin American Summit: Community empowerment – vital for tackling AMR
The WHA74 Special Session on Pandemic Preparedness and Response – an opportunity to address antibiotic resistance
ReAct announces the top 15 teams to participate in the online global design sprint Innovate4Health 2021
City of Hyderabad joins ‘Go Blue’ campaign as part of WAAW Activities
ReAct Europe and Uppsala University go blue to shed light on the antibiotic resistance issue
Could the best chemotherapy be an antimicrobial drug?
Press release: Unique collaboration between Ministry of Health, Zambia and ReAct Africa
Mobilizing communities to act on antibiotic resistance
ReAct activities for World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2021
Dr Vijay Yeldandi
4-day Summit: Latin America discusses the role of the community in National Action Plans on AMR
The world needs new antibiotics – so why aren’t they developed?
3 ways the new WHO costing & budgeting tool supports AMR National Action Plan work
5 years after the UN Political Declaration on AMR – where are we now?
Víctor Orellana
Local production of vaccines and medicines in focus: Key points from ReAct and South Center UN HLPF side-event
Behavior change to manage antimicrobial resistance: 8 briefs and 1 webinar-launch by Uppsala Health Summit
ReAct and ICARS to develop policy guides and tools for low resource settings
Tapiwa Kujinga, Director of PATAM: In Zimbabwe civil society is involved in every aspect of the response to AMR
COVID-19: India pays a high price for indiscriminate drug use
Lancet Global Health article release: Resetting the agenda for antibiotic resistance
3 key takeaways for AMR from this year’s World Health Assembly WHA74
Antibiotic resistance – far more than a medical problem
UN High-level Dialogue on AMR: political will and investments needed
Resetting the agenda for antibiotic resistance through a health systems perspective
3 questions to newly appointed STAG-AMR members Otridah Kapona and Sujith Chandy
Walk the talk: time is ticking for all to act on antibiotic resistance!
Vanessa Carter: 3 years of surviving a drug-resistant infection made me want to create change
Upcoming ReAct Webinar: Expert Conversation about new report
ReAct report: Governments need to take more leadership to ensure global sustainable access to effective antibiotics
4 considerations for addressing antimicrobial resistance through pandemic preparedness
Preventing the next pandemic: Addressing antibiotic resistance
4 key takeaways from the virtual ReAct Africa Conference 2020
The threat of the unknown: is lack of global burden data slowing down work on antibiotic resistance?
ReAct input to the WHO Executive Board Session on Antimicrobial Resistance
Dr Gautham: informal health providers key to reducing antibiotic use in rural India
2020
Nurse Dorce, Indonesia: Treating small patients with much love and infection prevention – a success story
ReAct highlights during World Antimicrobial Awareness week 2020
ReAct Asia Pacific: Winners of 2020 photography competition
WAAW ReAct Africa: Engaging civil society and students
WAAW in Indonesia: Focus on One Health approach to AMR
Innovate4Health’s 32 finalist teams: For social innovations to address emerging infectious diseases!
ReAct Open Letter: 5 key points to One Health Global Leaders Group on Antimicrobial Resistance
ReAct Report: Treatment of newborn sepsis is threatened – effective antibiotics essential
Upcoming ReAct Africa Conference: What is the status of the NAPs on AMR in the African region?
Animal welfare and antibiotic resistance in food animals
ReAct activities for World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2020
Dr. Honar Cherif: My patients can receive 5-10 courses of antibiotics during their cancer treatment
New ReAct Report: Antibiotic resistance affects men and women differently
ReAct Asia Pacific: Photo competition for students – health in focus
4 take aways from WHO’s first global report on sepsis
Launch of global student design sprint – Innovate4Health
World Sepsis Day – antibiotics essential in treatment of sepsis
The new Pharmaceutical Strategy for Europe – an opportunity to put public interest first
4 key reflections on the recently launched WHO GLASS-report
Key points from ReAct’s comments to the Independent Panel on Evidence
ReAct Interview: From zoologist to community engagement on AMR
ReAct Africa expands
COVID-19 resolution – a missed opportunity to address global pandemic response more broadly
What everyone needs to know about clinical research
New ReAct Policy Brief: Successful cancer treatment relies on effective antibiotics
Impact of COVID-19 on vaccine-preventable diseases and antibiotic resistance
ReAct Africa and Africa CDC: COVID-19 webinars
Antibiotic pollution: India scores a global first with effluent limits
COVID-19 and AMR – what do we know so far?
Learning from bedaquiline in South Africa – comprehensive health systems for new antibiotics
ReAct Interview: How does antibiotics in food animal production end up in the environment?
Key take aways from CSO workshop on AMR in Kenya
New fact sheet: Effective antibiotics – essential for childrens’ survival
Shortages and AMR – why should we care? 4 consequences of antibiotic shortages
Our microbiome and noncommunicable diseases
The 2020 AMR Benchmark Report – concerning findings with questionable framing
4 key reflections from engaging hospitals in India for antibiotic stewardship
World Cancer Day: Cancer patients rely on effective antibiotics
Teacher Gustavo Cedillo, Ecuador, teaches children about the bacterial world
2019
ReAct’s 2019 wrap up and 2020 expectations
Blog post by UNDP and ReAct: Antimicrobial resistance: An emerging crisis
Water, sanitation and hygiene services critical to curbing antibiotic quick fix
Diagnostics: Antibiotic susceptibility
ReAct highlights during World Antibiotic Awareness week 2019
2019 AMR photo competition prizes announced
Launch of UNICEF’s institutional guidance on antimicrobial resistance
Proposed ban on colistin for animal use announced in Indonesia
School children led celebration of World Toilet Day and World Antibiotic Awareness Week
10 Innovate4AMR-winning teams enjoyed 3-day workshop in Geneva
After 4 collaborative meeting days: Actions for the future in Latin America
Four key points from joint comments to One Health Global Leaders Group on AMR
Why are children more vulnerable to AMR?
ReAct activities for World Antibiotic Awareness Week 2019
ReAct Interview: UNICEF’s new internal technical guidance paper on AMR
Tracking antimicrobial resistance in the Sustainable Development Goals
International meeting in Eucador: Food and health in the hands of the community
Food safety and antibiotic resistance
Address antibiotic resistance and poverty – to empower children and their families
We need public health principles for sustainable access to novel antibiotics – Policy brief by ReAct
Dr Yoel Lubell, Health Economist, on Thailand, AMR, UCH and cultural factors driving AMR
UHC and AMR: The Thai Experience
Why do effective antibiotics matter for quality of care and patient safety?
New ReAct policy brief: Antimicrobial resistance and universal health coverage – What’s the deal?
Three key takeaways from the ReAct Africa conference
Diagnostics: Species identification
AMR-specific indicator proposed for monitoring Sustainable Development Goals
Five focus areas at the 2nd Ministerial Conference on AMR hosted by the Netherlands
Safety concerns of fecal microbiota transplants
Upcoming ReAct Africa Conference: universal health coverage and antimicrobial resistance in focus
Mother Earth conference in Argentina – the environment in focus
Diagnostics: What are we talking about?
Connecting global to local civil-society-agenda on AMR at CSO convening in Geneva
ReAct colleagues featured in WHO Bulletin as leading profiles in the work on reacting to antibiotic resistance
RAN stakeholder at WHO IPC consultation – for standards and guidelines in African Union member states
WHA conversation on Antibiotic Resistance as a Global Development Problem co-organized by ReAct
Insights from ReAct Asia Pacific project on antibiotic stewardship in secondary level hospitals in India
Open letter to UN Member States from former IACG members Anthony So and Otto Cars
ReAct UHC Intervention at UNGA Multi-stakeholder Hearing for High-level Meeting on UHC
ReAct Latin America honors Earth Day
Medicines Patent Pool’s view on the role of licenses for antibiotics – World Intellectual Property Day
Second time for Innovate4AMR competition!
World Health Day 2019: Universal Health Coverage
Diagnostics: Constraints for successful implementation
Antibiotic Shortages: magnitude, causes and possible solutions: A new WHO meeting report
Erry Setyawan, FAO, on Indonesian NAP: We need to work together to make it possible to manage AMR
ReAct’s new 5-year strategic plan receives funding from Sida
Antibiotic resistance and global development: alarming rates in armed conflicts
How infections spread and how to stop them
New ReAct Report: When the Drugs Don’t Work – Antibiotic Resistance as a Global Development Problem
Generating data for policy and practice
7 high-level standpoints from ReAct on the IACG draft recommendations
New platform for setting the African research agenda
ReAct is looking to recruit new Global Health Expert to our team in Sweden
Outbreak of extremely drug resistant typhoid fever in Pakistan
Three political actions needed on antimicrobial resistance in 2019
Growing public response to AMR in Thailand
Antibiotic footprint: change the way food is labelled?
Pharmacologists’ involvement will add new dimension
2018
ReAct Latin America: 3 high lights in 2018
ReAct Strategic Policy Program based in North America: 3 highlights in 2018
ReAct Africa: 3 highlights in 2018
ReAct Asia Pacific: 3 highlights in 2018
ReAct Europe: 3 highlights in 2018
How should urgently needed work on antimicrobial resistance be funded? Meeting report from workshop with experts on AMR and global health
Innovate4AMR: Meet the eleven winning teams and their innovative projects
ReAct highlights during World Antibiotic Awareness week 2018
National AMR Symposium in Kenya
Song, dance and debate mark WAAW in Thailand
WAAW: ReAct Asia Pacific holds the second edition of photography contest
Combating antimicrobial resistance in Africa to achieve the 2030 Agenda
Sustainable investments in solutions to address antibiotic resistance
Animal drug companies fuelling antibiotic resistance
Four take-aways from the WHO consumption report
Innovate4AMR: workshop for 11 finalist teams from 9 countries with WHO in Geneva
Peter Yeboah, Chairman ACHAP: From rural Ghana to representing 41 organizations in 30 countries – engaging in antibiotic resistance
Stefan Swartling Peterson, Unicef: strong health systems key to prevent infections and spread of antibiotic resistance
Increasing burden of antibiotic resistant infections – new data that require action
ReAct activities for World Antibiotic Awareness Week 2018
New book from ReAct Latin America! Food as medicine, the kitchen as a pharmacy
What is appropriate, rational and prudent antibiotic use?
UNCTAD and WHO focus in on investments for development of new antibiotics
ReAct is looking to recruit expert in antibiotic resistance to our team in Sweden
The State of Kerala, India, launches the 1st sub-national action plan on AMR
Upcoming ReAct Africa Conference focuses on AMR and Agenda 2030 within the African context
Member States engagement needed to shape future action on antibiotic resistance
What’s cooking in the antibiotic pipeline?
Intervention at the Member State consultation on the Global Framework for Development & Stewardship to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance – part 3
Intervention at the Member State consultation on the Global Framework for Development & Stewardship to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance – part 2
Intervention at the Member State consultation on the Global Framework for Development & Stewardship to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance -part 1
7 ways penicillin has cured the world for 90 years
Hygiene, water and bacteria – exhibition with award winning photographers and Otto Cars as expert
CGIAR collaboration for the ReAct Toolbox
One Health – working together for improved antibiotic use
Antibiotic Resistance Coalition, including ReAct, responds to the second round of IACG discussion papers
Dr. Ravathi, Kenya on the WHO essential diagnostics list and what it means for Africa
Six key points from ReAct on the provisional work plan for the Global AMR R&D Hub
Latin America: One Health workshop for teachers
Ethical considerations regarding infection prevention control
Kerala, India: perspective of farmers and use of antibiotics in their aquaculture farms
Antibiotic Resistance Coalition, including ReAct, responds to IACG discussion papers
Innovate4AMR- Innovate for a world free from the fear of untreatable infections
Despite Industry AMR Declaration commitments Sanofi quits R&D on anti-infectives
Obstacles to appropriate use of antibiotics in spite of diagnostic capacity
ReAct represented at the second Technical Consultation on AMR and Behavior Change organized by WHO
Professor Anthony So appointed Co-convener of the UN Interagency Coordination Group on Antimicrobial Resistance
Definitions and strategies for continued action in Latin America
Research project in Vietnam: results indicate very high rates of resistance to most antibiotics
Ghana National Action Plan on AMR – ReAct Africa supports the process
Thirty civil society groups met to find strategies on the challenges of antibiotic resistance
ReAct Africa shares experiences on CSO engagement at 71st World Health Assembly
71st WHA: tuberculosis multisectoral accountability framework
ReAct Europe keynote speaker at WFPHA side event at WHA
Mass administration of antibiotics does not solve the root cause of child mortality in Africa
71st World Health Assembly – antibiotic resistance absent from the agenda
Towards stronger global governance for AMR
ReAct Latin America: A workshop to reach commitments
Rise in global antibiotic consumption between 2000 and 2015 – what can we learn from the latest study?
Book release in Latin America: an arena for reflection, awareness and care about antibiotics
World health day – the rise and fall of antibiotics?
Antibiotics in the wastewater from pharmaceutical companies: Where are we at?
Why are fixed dose combinations of antibiotics generally not a good idea?
Unavailability of old antibiotics is threatening effective treatment of common bacterial infections
New expert advisory group for the ReAct Toolbox
ReAct is looking to recruit new Policy Advisor to our team in Sweden
ReAct reflections on the Prince Mahidol Award Conference and the IACG Civil Society Engagement Panel
4 take-aways from the newly published GLASS report
4 needs to address so diagnostics can help contain antibiotic resistance
ReAct responds to final report from DRIVE-AB
WHO proposes new sepsis target to guide work and actions on antibiotic resistance
Costing National Action Plans on AMR: practical suggestions for simplifying the process
Joint letter to IACG on AMR: a call to increase transparency and civil society involvement
Antibiotic resistance on agenda for The Prince Mahidol Award Conference: A policy stage led by low and middle income countries
2017
ReAct wishes for 2018 – node by node
ReAct Asia Pacific: photography contest on antibiotic resistance in India
The ethics of antibiotic resistance
ReAct highlights during World Antibiotic Awareness week
Sensitizing the Indian media to antimicrobial resistance
Manifest for health by social organizations in Latin America
ReAct Africa: Preparing future guardians of AMR in Kenya
Role of pharmacists in stopping antimicrobial resistance
ReAct Asia Pacific media briefing: 40 journalists in Jakarta interested in antibiotic resistance
ReAct Latin America launches book with a One Health perspective
ReAct Africa walks for antibiotic awareness
World Antibiotic Awareness Week: focus on non-human use
Antibiotics in animal agriculture
Lessons learned from 20 years of working to improve antibiotic use in Sweden
Member States to discuss innovation, access and conservation of antibiotics at the WHO
The state of Kerala will develop India’s first subnational action plan on AMR
ReAct during World Antibiotic Awareness Week 2017
From ReAct Africa Conference: summary of key takeaways
Antibiotic resistance strikes hardest at the poor
Ensuring action on the AMR Global Action Plan
ReAct meets the European Commissioner for Health
Antibiotic stewardship in South East Asia
From ReAct Africa Conference: 6 gaps and 7 key outputs how to make implementation of NAPs on AMR possible
Crucial stakeholder meeting in India: how to get the Indian NAP on AMR from words into action
Conference in Ecuador: health, food, the planet and the microbial world
The world is running out of antibiotics – new report from WHO
Food, microbes and health
ReAct’s priorities in what promises to be an important autumn for antibiotic resistance
Many countries identify antimicrobial resistance as an obstacle on their way to implementing Agenda 2030
Important African conference: How will we be able implement National Action Plans on Antimicrobial Resistance?
Antibiotic resistance: national workshop in India for voluntary organizations
Resistance to last-line antibiotics
Essential Diagnostics List (EDL) to be developed
Media workshop in Ecuador: a success
ReAct withdraws from IMI project DRIVE-AB
Microbes – friend, foe or both?
ReAct Asia Pacific hosts workshop on antimicrobial resistance in the farm sector
Successful antimicrobial resistance media training in Nairobi, Kenya
Mother Earth, One Health – International Encounter in Argentina
Key take-aways from the World Health Assembly 2017 on antimicrobial resistance
National action plans and global AMR framework on the agenda as 70th World Health Assembly kicks off next week
ReAct co-hosts side event during World Health Assembly
ReAct supports countries in the development of National Action Plans on AMR
Lack of access to old antibiotics drives antibiotic resistance development and impairs patient outcomes
Hand hygiene saves lives
The Swedish Government awards Reward Medal to Professor Otto Cars
Presentation of the Alforja Educativa Validation Project enthuses students
New antibiotics in the news
Free online course: Antibiotic Resistance: the Silent Tsunami
Tell Our Bac-Stories!
India’s link between tuberculosis and antibiotic resistance
Environmental effects of antibiotics in sewage
Professor Larsson on India’s National Action Plan on AMR and emissions from antibiotics production
India’s new National Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance
Professor Otto Cars to serve as Expert in UN Inter-Agency Coordination Group on Antimicrobial Resistance
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is looking for a Research Associate
Could the use of Antimicrobial Peptides create resistance to ourselves?
Boston Consulting Group report shies away from addressing affordable access and stewardship
WHO Releases Priority Pathogens List
Antibiotic Smart Use project nominated for global UN Award
European Commission diagnostic prize winner announced
Recap of WHO 140th Executive Board meeting
New collaboration on strategies for tackling antibiotic resistance
ReAct wishes 2017
Bacteriophages as a part of hospital hygiene
The role of faith-based organizations in taking action against antibiotic resistance
ReAct briefings for the 140th WHO Executive Board
2016
International workshop on National Action Plan on AMR for developing countries
Bottlenecks of antibiotic research need to be addressed
Consensus around delinkage emerges – of sorts
ReAct highlights during World Antibiotic Awareness week
Cost of antibiotic resistance in Sweden: at least 500 million USD by 2024
World Antibiotic Awareness Week 2016
World Antibiotic Awareness Week: Thailand marks the week with colorful public events
World Antibiotic Awareness Week: ReAct Africa is raising awareness among the general public
World Antibiotic Awareness Week: ReAct Latin America launches Child to Child Stories
Coordinating action on AMR globally – what are the next steps for the UN Inter-Agency Coordination Group?
World Antibiotic Awareness Week: ReAct Africa holds policy meeting
ReAct’s Otto Cars is the SafeCare Person of the year!
ReAct and CDDEP join forces to support NAP development in LMICs
World Antibiotic Awareness Week: ReAct Latin America – tell our stories and learn from the youngest
Increase in faropenem use – a hidden risk to the effectiveness of antibiotics of last resort
Free online course: Antibiotic resistance: The Silent Tsunami
Antimicrobial resistance after UNGA political declaration
4 key asks for the High-Level Meeting on AMR
International experts call on the UN General Assembly to establish a High-Level Coordinating Mechanism on antimicrobial resistance
Take action on antibiotic resistance – for a better future for our children
New York briefing to raise AMR to the top of the political and global agenda
Call to Action on AMR – A message to take home and act out
New ReAct publication that describes how AMR threatens the achievement of the sustainable development goals
ReAct publishes a Stakeholder Mapping for antibiotic resistance together with the World Health Organization
World Health Organization promotes The ReAct Toolbox to guide countries to take action on antimicrobial resistance
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Global experts acknowledge pandemic proportions of antibiotic resistance
ReAct shares 10 years of global experiences to address antibiotic resistance at meeting in El Salvador
Highlight from World Antibiotic Awareness Week: COLOR AND GAIETY MARKED THE ACTIVITIES IN THAILAND
ReAct activities during World Antibiotic Awareness Week: CYCLORIDE FOR ANTIBIOTICS IN ECUADOR
ReAct activities during World Antibiotic Awareness Week: Launch of “Gardening for Health Kit” in Thailand
ReAct activities during World Antibiotic Awareness Week: CHILDREN AUTHORS OF MICROBIAL STORIES ON THE RADIO IN ECUADOR
ReAct activities during World Antibiotic Awareness Week: LESSONS 4 LIFE IN KENYA
News during world antibiotic awareness week: ReAct among authors of prestigious Lancet series “Antimicrobials: Access and sustainable effectiveness”
Next steps for advancing diagnostics for acute fever
SDGs have been adopted and the issue of AMR is in it
The UN hosts first-ever briefing on antimicrobial resistance
Introducing the Toolbox: For action on antibiotic resistance
No sustainability without antibiotics
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The world’s collective responsibility to conserve antibiotic effectiveness
New antibiotic resistance coalition urges immediate action
ReAct Latin America releases manual on the appropriate use of antibiotics
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Ghana aiming for African agenda on ABR management by 2015
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Call for social and ecological approach to ABR
World Health Summit – Innovating to tackle antibiotic resistance
ReAct workshop on international health and antibiotic resistance
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3Rs for innovation novel antibiotics
ReAct participating in WHO launch of book on successful strategies
What if antibiotics stop working?
ReAct at the PAHO/WHO roundtable on antimicrobial resistance
Collaboration for innovation
Public awareness in focus on EPN World Health Day
WHO and ReAct call for action on antimicrobial resistance
The global need for effective antibiotics
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ReAct urges taskforce to take global approach on AMR
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Why is Antimicrobial Resistance a development problem?
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COVID-19 and antibiotic resistance
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