Call to Action on AMR 2021 – Provisional conference agenda

Plenary session

Session 1: Welcome & Keynote Address, 12.00-12.45 GMT [45 mins]

Speakers:

• Neema Kaseje, pediatric surgeon and public health specialist
• Senior representatives from governments of Denmark, Ghana and Colombia

Objectives:

• Introduce the Call to Action, including key information on objectives and format.
•  Introduce the Call to Action co-hosts, discussing their priorities and commitment to addressing AMR.

Plenary session

Session 2:  Progress on AMR in review – what’s changed since the 2018 Call to Action conference? 13.00-14.15 GMT [75 mins]

Speakers:

• Dame Sally Davies, UK Special Envoy on Antimicrobial Resistance
• Thomas Cueni, IFPMA
• Hanan Balkhy, WHO
• Ed Whiting, Wellcome Trust
• Yoshini Naomi Rupasinghe, World Bank
• Jonathan Wadsworth, World Bank
• Others to be confirmed

Objectives:

• Discuss outputs and commitments from the last Call to Action meeting, exploring what was achieved and learnings we can take into this meeting.
• Reflect on changes in the global health landscape over the last 3 years and how this has impacted on the AMR response.
• Reflect on key progress made in the AMR response, as well as next steps to move key issues forwards.

Interactive session

Session 3: Implementation of National Action Plans – progress and pioneers, 14.30 – 16.00 GMT [90 mins]

Speakers:

• Amit Khurana, Centre for Science and Environment
• Otridah Kapona, Zambia National Public Health Institute
• Krang Sidonn, Ministry of Health, Cambodia
• Baritazar Stanley, Roll Back Antimicrobial Resistance Initiative
• Julia Fabara, AGROCALIDAD
• Satya Sivaraman, ReAct Asia
• Adrian Muwonge, University of Edinburgh

Objectives:

• Highlight and celebrate NAP implementation progress from around the world, sharing examples of ‘pioneering’ initiatives.
• Promote learning and reflection upon successful approaches that could be adopted in other country contexts.

 Regional session

Latin America regional session, 15^th November, 17.00-18.30 GMT [90 mins]

 Prioritisation of activities to deliver national action plans

Please note that other regional sessions are running asynchronously at following times:

• Asia regional session, Tuesday 16 November, 09.00-10.30 GMT
• Africa regional session, Tuesday 16 November, 13:30-15:00 GMT

Speakers:

• Gloria Cordoba, International Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance Solutions
• Nicolás Winter, International Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance Solutions
• Pilar Ramon-Pardo, Pan American Health Organization
• Representatives from regional governments

Objectives

• Discuss prioritization strategies and frameworks, sharing country experiences and identifying challenges and opportunities.
• Promote learning and reflection upon approaches that could be adopted in other country contexts.

 Please note this session will be delivered in Spanish, with translation available.

Regional session

Asia regional session, 16^th November, 09.00-10.30 GMT [90 mins]

 Prioritisation of activities to deliver national action plans –

Speakers:

• Jyoti Joshi, Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy
• Emmanuel Eraly, World Health Organization
• Scott Newman, FAO
• Representatives from regional governments

Objectives:

• Discuss prioritization strategies and frameworks, sharing country experiences and identifying challenges and opportunities.
• Promote learning and reflection upon approaches that could be adopted in other country contexts.

Plenary session

Session 4: Ensuring action is informed by knowledge – tackling AMR through evidence, 12.00-13.15 GMT [75 mins]

Speakers:

• Raheelah Ahmad, City, University of London
• Aida Ivette Rojas Sabogal, Colombian Agricultural Institute
• Karen Bett, Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data
• Watipaso Kasambara, Public Health Institute of Malawi
• Linus Olson, Karolinska Institutet
• Tim Rawson, Imperial College London
• Vikas Aggarwal, Fleming Fund

Objectives:

• Discuss innovative approaches to generation of evidence and data and how they are being used to inform action.
• Explore successes and challenges faced when translating evidence for use, and what learnings can be taken to improve practices going forward.
• Discuss how evidence and data can be made an integral component when implementing AMR NAPs.

Plenary session & Regional session

Session 5: Prioritisation of activities to deliver national action plans – Plenary and Africa regional session, 13.30 – 15.00 GMT [90 mins]

 Please note that other regional sessions are running asynchronously at following times:

• Latin America regional session, Monday 15 November, 17.00-18.30 GMT
• Asia regional session, Tuesday 16 November, 09.00-10.30 GMT

Speakers:

• Mirfin Mpundu, ReAct Africa
• Esmita Charani, Imperial College London
• Anand Balachandran, World Health Organization
• Representatives from regional governments

Objectives:

• Discuss prioritization strategies and frameworks, sharing country experiences and identifying challenges and opportunities.
• Promote learning and reflection upon approaches that could be adopted in other country contexts.

Plenary session

Session 6: Routes to effective One Health and cross-sector working, 15.15 – 16.00 GMT [45 mins]

Speakers:

• Anders Dalsgaard, University of Copenhagen
• Peter Søgaard Jørgensen, Stockholm Resilience Centre
• Jane Lwoyero, World Organisation for Animal Health
• Julaporn Srinha, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, Thailand

Objectives:

• Share and discuss frameworks for how One Health can be operationalised.
• Share experiences and lessons learnt on how some countries have approached this concept.
• Promote learning and reflection upon approaches that could be adopted in other country contexts.

Interactive session

Session 7: Empowering new agents for change – partnerships & coalitions to accelerate action on AMR, 12.00-13.30 GMT [90 mins]

Speakers:

• Sabiha Essack, University of KwaZulu-Natal
• Aboubacar Kampo, UNICEF
• Sade Ogunsola, Infection Control Africa Network
• Patrick O’Carroll, The Task Force for Global Health
• Philip Mathew, ReAct Asia
• Caline Mattar, Washington University in St. Louis
• Renuka Gadde, Clinton Health Access Initiative
• Lindsay Denny, Emory University

Objectives:

• Identify opportunities to strengthen AMR sensitive approaches that accelerate progress.
• Engage with global and regional stakeholders who can provide a fresh outlook on AMR and connectivity into wider agendas.
• Share lessons learnt from other cross-cutting initiatives and programmes in global health.

Plenary session

Session 8: Learning from the Covid-19 pandemic to inform the AMR response, 13.45-14.45 GMT [60 mins]

 Speakers:

• Jeremy Farrar, Wellcome Trust
• Chikwe Ihekweazu, World Health Organization
• Devi Sridhar, University of Edinburgh
• Kate Dodson, UN Foundation
• Kamini Walia, Indian Council of Medical Research
• Arshnee Moodley, International Livestock Research Institute
• Maria Guevara, Médecins Sans Frontières
• Monika MacDevette, UNEP
• Manica Balsegaram, GARDP

Objectives:

• Take stock of the current global health landscape, reviewing the impact of the pandemic on the AMR situation and response.
• Explore learnings from the Covid-19 response that can be applied to AMR action at global and national levels.
• Consider how governments can reprioritise their investments in One Health to address the needs of competing agendas, including AMR.

Plenary session

Session 9: Wrap up & close of the conference, 15.00 – 15.45 GMT [45 mins]

Speakers:

• Lianne Gonsalves, World Health Organization
• Helle Engslund Krarup, International Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance Solutions
• Senior representatives from governments of Denmark, Indonesia, Thailand and Zambia.

Objectives:

• Share perspectives and commitments from co-hosts on key next steps to accelerate progress on AMR.
• Summarise discussions and key meeting themes, highlighting actions for co-hosts and delegates to take forward.
• Hand over to events during World Antimicrobial Awareness Week.