Background
Media representatives are welcome to attend the 3rd Annual Global Media Forum in lead up to World AMR Awareness Week (WAAW) 2023 to have a direct interface with senior experts from the quadripartite organizations that have united to address Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) - one of the top 10 threats to global health security. These quadripartite organizations include the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO), the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the World Health Organization (WHO), and the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH, founded as OIE).
AMR occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites no longer respond to antimicrobial agents. As a result of drug resistance, antibiotics and other antimicrobial agents become ineffective and infections become difficult or impossible to treat, increasing the risk of disease spread, severe illness, and death. Drug-resistant infections are threatening not only human health but also animal health, livelihoods, and food safety worldwide. The multisectoral One Health approach, which recognizes the interconnection between people, animals, plants, and the environment, is key to tackling AMR.
The theme of World AMR Awareness Week (WAAW 2023: 18-24 November 2023) is “Preventing Antimicrobial Resistance Together” AMR is a threat to humans, animals, plants and the environment. It affects us all. That is why this year's theme calls for cross-sectoral collaboration to preserve the efficacy of antimicrobials. To effectively reduce AMR, all sectors must use antimicrobials prudently and appropriately, and take preventive measures to decrease the incidence of infections.
Audience
The 3rd Annual Global Media Forum is being organized to support media understanding and communications on antimicrobial resistance. People from the global media community, including those from news wires, print, electronic, online, bloggers, social media influencers, and freelancers, among others, are welcome.
How to participate
- Date: 13 November 2023
- Time: 5:30 - 7:15 am (EST)
- Register: https://who.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Y9DR9UIvQhSE8h0ftkuZaA#/registration
- Language: Simultaneous interpretation in French and Spanish will be available
Agenda
Format of the Workshop:
- Session 1: Three high-level panelists will discuss the global perspectives of AMR and key Quadripartite strategies, followed by Q & A session
- Session 2: Four panelists from quadripartite agencies will discuss the technical aspects of AMR. Each panelist will respond to 2 predefined questions and provide perspectives from their respective sectors. This will be followed by Q & A session
- Session 3: Formal launching of Global AMR Media Alliance (GAMA) and brief speech by members
Session 1: Global perspectives
- 11:30 – 11:35 Welcome and introduction
Shobha Shukla, CNS Executive Director and GAMA coordinator
- 11:35 – 11:55 Panel discussion on Global perspectives of AMR and key Quadripartite strategies
Minister Beatrice Atim Odwong Anywar, GLG member
Vanessa Carter, WHO Taskforce of AMR Survivors
Dr Haileyesus Getahun, Director, Global Coordination and Partnership on AMR, and Director, Quadripartite Joint Secretariat on AMR, WHO HQ
- 11:55 – 12:05 Q & A
Session 2: Technical issues
- 12:05 – 12:40 Panel discussion with technical experts from the Quadripartite
Emmanuel Kabali (FAO)
UNEP (TBC),
Philip Mathew (WHO),
Javier Yugueros-Marcos (WOAH)
- 12:40 –12:55 Q and A
Session 3: Launching of the Global AMR Media Alliance (GAMA)
- 12:55 – 13:12 Launching of the Global AMR Media Alliance followed by 3-5min speech from selected alliance members
Shobha Shukla, CNS Executive Director and GAMA coordinator
Time correspondence
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