One Health Priority Research Agenda for AMR

The One Health Priority Research Agenda for AMR Report launch event will take place on 28 June 2023. This is a joint initiative to assist in directing and catalyzing scientific interest and financial investments for the priority research agenda across sectors for countries and funding bodies.

The lead organizations working in the multilateral system on human, animal, plant and environmental health,  the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) joined forces to advance international co-operation for a One Health response on AMR.

These Quadripartite organizations have developed the 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 the priority research agenda across sectors for countries and funding bodies. The research agenda also serves as a guide to mitigate 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.

AGENDA

12:00-12:05 Welcome and scene setting, Sarah Nehrling Moderator

12:05-12:20 Presentation of the One Health Priority Research Agenda for Antimicrobial Resistance, Haileyesus Getahun, Director, Quadripartite Joint Secretariat on AMR, WHO

12:20-13:15 Moderated panel discussion on the implications of the One Health Priority Research Agenda for Antimicrobial Resistance for the different sectors and stakeholders Speakers (3-5 minutes)

• 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)

13:15-13:25 Qs&As with the audience

Participate virtually in the webinar to launch the One Health Priority Research Agenda for AMR due to take place on 28 June 2023 from 12:00 to 13:30 CET. Please visit UN Environment Programme’s One Health Priority Research Agenda for AMR Report launch event to register.