Brasilia, Brazil, 21-23 October 2019
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) convened the Biennial meeting of the Latin American Network for Surveillance to Antimicrobial Resistance (ReLAVRA) in Brasilia, Brazil, 21-23 October 2019 with the participation of representatives from Latin America and the Caribbean and technical partners.
One of the most important strategies to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is ongoing comprehensive surveillance. Strengthening surveillance is one of the five key strategic objectives outlined in the global and regional action plans; essential for increasing awareness around the problem and inform AMR prevention actions, treatment guidelines and patient safety measures.
The meeting agenda consisted of expert and country presentations, and panel discussions covering wide range of priority technical and policy areas related to multidisciplinary enhanced AMR surveillance; and the collaborative work coordinated by PAHO and partners in the Americas.
(Presentations are shown in the original language)
Session 1: Introduction: Welcome remarks.
1. Brazil progress on AMR surveillance and response André Luiz de Abreu, MOH General Coordinator
2. Global perspectives on AMR Marc Sprenger, Director AMR, WHO HQ
Session 2: AMR Special Program Updates, Collaborations and Partners.
3. Overview of the AMR Special Program at PAHO: challenges and opportunities Pilar Ramon-Pardo, PAHO AMR
4. Multidisciplinary approach to AMR surveillance: European Experience and Lessons Learned Danilo Lo Fo Wong, Programme Manager AMR, EURO
5. CDC strategies and initiatives to tackle AMR: from domestic to international Elizabeth Bancroft, CDC
6. Experiences from the field: American Society for Microbiology Andrea Rosales, ASM
Session 3: Implementing enhanced surveillance.
7. RELAVRA role on AMR surveillance – achievements and lessons learnt Marcelo Galas, PAHO AMR
8. Strengthening AMR surveillance in the Region and connecting to GLASS through enhanced surveillance in blood stream infections Nienke Bruinsma, PAHO AMR
9. Countries experience: Costa Rica Antonieta Jimenez
10. Countries experience: El Salvador Esmeralda Reina Villatoro
11. Countries experience: Suriname Ed Ijzerman
12. Countries experience: Peru Willi Quino Sifuentes
Session 4: Roles and responsibilities of the laboratory on AMR surveillance.
13. External Quality Assessment Program in Latin America Alejandra Corso, Argentina
14. Rapid phenotypic methods: what's new? Andrea Rosales, ASM
15. New technologies applied to diagnosis: Proteomics Mónica Prieto, Argentina
Session 5: Multidisciplinary approach to surveillance and containment of carbapenem resistant organisms (CROs)
16. Current epidemiological situation on CRO in LAC: are the surveillance systems working? Joan Neira, PAHO PER
17. CRO’s Surveillance and Data Analyses: informing interventions & policy - what is needed at the lab and at the hospital epidemiology level Elizabeth Bancroft, CDC
18. CRO’s Prevention and control: implementation: IPC and Stewardship integrated approach Ana del Rio Bueno, AMR PAHO
19. Experience and lessons learnt from countries: Panama Jose Moreno
20. Experience and lessons learnt from countries: Colombia Maria Victoria Ovalle
21. Experience and lessons learnt from countries: Brazil Cristina Carvalehiro
22. Experience and lessons learnt from countries: Ecuador Fernando Villavicencio
23. Experience and lessons learnt from countries: Nicaragua Julissa Avila
Session 6: Future steps of ReLAVRA – Conclusions and recommendations.
24. Quality and biosecurity for AMR surveillance in Latin America and the Caribbean Jean-Marc Gabastou
25. Enhanced isolate level mycology Maria Teresa Illait, Cuba
26. Neisseria gonorrhoeae surveillance Loida Mercedes Gonzalez, Dominican Republic
27. Integrated surveillance – role of the food laboratories network (RILAA) Margarita Corrales, PANAFTOSA
28. AMR Environmental surveillance Nancy Melgarejo, Paraguay
29. PULSENET Latin America and WGS implementation Enrique Perez Gutierrez, PAHO PHE
30. Partnerships in developing new treatments and diagnosis: GARDP / DNDi Francisco Viegas Neves da Silva, DNDi/GARDP
31. Consensus on the stepwise approach enhanced surveillance implementation Nienke Bruinsma, AMR PAHO