{"id":3185,"date":"2022-10-15T18:13:55","date_gmt":"2022-10-15T18:13:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.webtend.net\/wp\/oxence-light\/?p=3185"},"modified":"2025-02-06T10:00:12","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T10:00:12","slug":"highlights-from-the-79th-united-nations-general-assembly-week-a-critical-time-for-global-action-to-tackle-amr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rbo.rw\/rcgb\/2022\/10\/15\/highlights-from-the-79th-united-nations-general-assembly-week-a-critical-time-for-global-action-to-tackle-amr\/","title":{"rendered":"Highlights from the 79th United Nations General Assembly Week \u2013 A critical time for global action to tackle AMR"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Highlights from the 79th United Nations General Assembly Week \u2013 A critical time for global action to tackle AMR<\/h2><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The One Health Trust\u00a0at\u00a0the\u00a02024\u00a0United Nations General Assembly <\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over a decade ago, the&nbsp;One Health Trust, founded as&nbsp;CDDEP,&nbsp;began&nbsp;to&nbsp;work&nbsp;tirelessly&nbsp;alongside&nbsp;partners and collaborators&nbsp;to&nbsp;generate&nbsp;evidence and launch initiatives to&nbsp;attain&nbsp;a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/digitallibrary.un.org\/record\/845917?ln=en&amp;v=pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">political&nbsp;resolution<\/a>&nbsp;during the first United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) High-level Meeting on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in 2016.&nbsp;The resolution passed by member states helped bring awareness to this growing global health crisis and called for the development of national action plans (NAPs) to address it. However, the resolution did not set clear targets or guarantee funding for mitigation efforts.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since 2016, our team has spearheaded multiple projects, initiatives, and publications to further drive global action on AMR mitigation. We supported many low and middle-income countries in Africa and Asia in the elaboration of their NAPs on AMR through the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/onehealthtrust.org\/projects\/global-antibiotic-resistance-partnership\/\">Global Antibiotic Resistance Partnership (GARP).<\/a>&nbsp;Through our office in India, we support&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/onehealthtrust.org\/projects\/who-collaborating-center-who-cc-for-antimicrobial-resistance\/\">World Health Organization<\/a>&nbsp;member states to assess progress and challenges with the implementation of their NAPs on AMR.&nbsp; We continue to drive research and have contributed to several publications generating evidence on the value of preventive interventions such as vaccines; water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH); and infection prevention and control (IPC) in mitigating AMR. We are currently using this evidence to bring awareness and impact policy at the country level through our GARP network. Ahead of the second UNGA high-level meeting on AMR, we spearheaded the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/onehealthtrust.org\/publications\/peer-reviewed-articles\/the-lancet-series-on-antimicrobial-resistance-the-need-for-sustainable-access-to-effective-antibiotics\/\">Lancet Series on Antimicrobial Resistance<\/a>, publications reviewing the scope of the burden of AMR, quantifying the impact of prevention, and setting clear targets and recommendations to achieve sustainable access to effective antibiotics.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ensuring Sustainable Access to Effective Antibiotics: From UNGA to Impact&nbsp;<\/h3><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/onehealthtrust.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DSCF9472-copy-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"One Health Trust President, Dr. Ramanan Laxminarayan, providing opening remarks \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\"><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><a>One Health Trust President Dr. Ramanan Laxminarayan providing opening remarks<\/a><\/em><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After more than a year of planning,&nbsp;the&nbsp;One Health Trust team was&nbsp;thrilled&nbsp;to co-host an event&nbsp;that&nbsp;kicked&nbsp;off a week of discussions on global AMR control&nbsp;before&nbsp;the second&nbsp;UNGA&nbsp;high\u2013level meeting on AMR&nbsp;on September 22, 2024, in New York&nbsp;City.&nbsp;One Health Trust,&nbsp;alongside&nbsp;partners&nbsp;in the fight&nbsp;against&nbsp;AMR&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/africacdc.org\/programme\/surveillance-disease-intelligence\/antimicrobial-resistance-control\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Africa CDC<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amractionfund.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AMR Action Fund<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/antimicrobial-resistance\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">U.S. CDC<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/icars-global.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ICARS<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ifpma.org\/areas-of-work\/improving-health-security\/antimicrobial-resistance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">IFPMA<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/globalamrhub.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Global AMR R&amp;D Hub<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.idsociety.org\/public-health\/antimicrobial-resistance\/antimicrobial-resistance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">IDSA<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.finddx.org\/what-we-do\/programmes\/antimicrobial-resistance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FIND<\/a>, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gatesfoundation.org\/ideas\/media-center\/press-releases\/2024\/05\/novo-nordisk-wellcome-health\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 convened experts, policymakers,&nbsp;government,&nbsp;and civil society&nbsp;organizations&nbsp;at the Harvard Club&nbsp;in&nbsp;an evening full of discussions of the journey so far and the challenges and commitments that lie ahead.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p><h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Fireside Chat with Prime Minister of Barbados, The Honorable Mia Amor&nbsp;Mottley&nbsp;<\/h4><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/onehealthtrust.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DSCF1505-copy-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\"><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><a>The Honorable Ms. Mia Amor Mottley in conversation with Dr. Ramanan Laxminarayan<\/a><\/em><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To start the symposium,&nbsp;OHT\u2019s&nbsp;<strong>Dr. Ramanan Laxminarayan<\/strong>&nbsp;sat down with the<strong>&nbsp;Honorable&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Mia Amor&nbsp;Mottley<\/strong>,&nbsp;chair of the&nbsp;Global&nbsp;Leaders&nbsp;Group on AMR&nbsp;\u2013 a position&nbsp;she was called to&nbsp;lead&nbsp;in 2020 by Director-General of the World Health Organization, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.&nbsp;Mottley&nbsp;affirmed that if&nbsp;AMR&nbsp;is going to be&nbsp;the biggest&nbsp;killer of people by 2050&nbsp;(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelancet.com\/journals\/lancet\/article\/PIIS0140-6736(24)01867-1\/fulltext\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">as recently predicted<\/a>),&nbsp;we have&nbsp;a moral duty to raise this issue to the highest possible level.&nbsp;She said&nbsp;that the&nbsp;UN&nbsp;political declaration&nbsp;on AMR (later passed on September 26)&nbsp;could&nbsp;supersize people\u2019s awareness of the problem globally&nbsp;and&nbsp;that the US$ 100&nbsp;million&nbsp;commitment&nbsp;to AMR in the declaration\u2013&nbsp;however&nbsp;modest and&nbsp;insufficient\u2013&nbsp;signals&nbsp;that we&nbsp;must&nbsp;find a mechanism for funding.&nbsp;Mitigating AMR is critical for the financial stability of the world.&nbsp;Mottley&nbsp;charged&nbsp;that&nbsp;we can motivate better financing&nbsp;for AMR&nbsp;control&nbsp;by&nbsp;calling for changes to entities&nbsp;such as the&nbsp;World Bank to&nbsp;guarantee&nbsp;financing for protecting public goods, including antibiotics.&nbsp;She&nbsp;stated&nbsp;the need for multinational business&nbsp;profits&nbsp;related to the cause of AMR or&nbsp;those that&nbsp;benefit&nbsp;from AMR mitigation efforts&nbsp;(such as&nbsp;pharmaceutical&nbsp;or livestock companies)&nbsp;to be taxed to create a sustainable finance platform&nbsp;for AMR mitigation.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p><h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Panel 1: The road to UNGA&nbsp;<\/h4><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/onehealthtrust.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DSCF9885-copy-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Panel 1 with Ambassador Vanessa Frazier and Ambassador Fran\u00e7ois Jackman with moderator Dr. Ramanan Laxminarayan \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\"><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><a>Panel 1 with Ambassador Vanessa Frazier and Ambassador Fran\u00e7ois Jackman with moderator Dr. Ramanan Laxminarayan<\/a><\/em><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first panel, moderated by&nbsp;Dr. Laxminarayan, included<strong>&nbsp;Ambassador Vanessa Frazier&nbsp;<\/strong>of Malta and&nbsp;<strong>Ambassador Fran\u00e7ois Jackman<\/strong>&nbsp;of Barbados, the two ambassadors who led&nbsp;the write-up&nbsp;of&nbsp;the UN resolution&nbsp;draft&nbsp;that was&nbsp;passed by all 193 member states&nbsp;on September 26. Ambassador Frazier&nbsp;affirmed&nbsp;that&nbsp;the declaration&nbsp;has&nbsp;a much more targeted approach than the&nbsp;one in&nbsp;2016,&nbsp;with the concrete inclusion of One Health and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/teams\/one-health-initiative\/quadripartite-secretariat-for-one-health\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UN quadripartite<\/a>. Ambassador Jackman added that the success of&nbsp;crystallizing&nbsp;an independent scientific panel within the declaration will move the needle on&nbsp;our understanding of and approach to AMR globally.&nbsp;Ambassadors Frazier and Jackman affirmed that every member state of the UN has a stake in AMR control and that&nbsp;it was important that the topic be broached again in this resolution.&nbsp;Those writing the&nbsp;political declaration&nbsp;benefitted&nbsp;greatly from&nbsp;input from&nbsp;experts, industry,&nbsp;AMR&nbsp;survivors,&nbsp;and civil society organizations&nbsp;on the&nbsp;elaboration of the text.&nbsp;They urged nongovernmental stakeholders to&nbsp;help push for the&nbsp;implementation of the agreement&nbsp;because,&nbsp;without calls from civil society, governments&nbsp;won\u2019t&nbsp;act.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p><h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Panel 2: Do people understand AMR?\u202f&nbsp;<\/h4><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/onehealthtrust.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DSCF9942-copy-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Ilana Ron Levey presenting data from The Global AMR Monitor \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\"><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><a>Ilana Ron Levey presenting data from The Global AMR Monitor<\/a><\/em><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Panel two, moderated by New York Times reporter&nbsp;<strong>Apoorva&nbsp;Mandavilli<\/strong>, began with a presentation&nbsp;on&nbsp;emerging research from the Global AMR Monitor,&nbsp;by&nbsp;<strong>Ilana Ron Levey<\/strong>, a Managing Director at Gallup. The&nbsp;Global AMR Monitor,&nbsp;focused on driving sustained attention to the problem of AMR, is currently&nbsp;examining the&nbsp;understanding&nbsp;of AMR among different stakeholder populations&nbsp;in&nbsp;India, South Africa, and the United States.&nbsp;The research&nbsp;so far&nbsp;shows varying levels of knowledge and concern about AMR and inconsistent actions&nbsp;regarding the&nbsp;appropriate use&nbsp;of&nbsp;antibiotics.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/onehealthtrust.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DSCF1952-copy-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Panel 2 with Michael Craig and Dr. Ghada Zoubiane and moderator Apoorva Mandavilli \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\"><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><a>Panel 2 with Michael Craig, Dr. Ghada Zoubiane, and moderator Apoorva Mandavilli<\/a><\/em><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The panel&nbsp;discussing&nbsp;people\u2019s&nbsp;understanding of&nbsp;AMR&nbsp;included<strong>&nbsp;Michael Craig<\/strong>,&nbsp;Director of the Antimicrobial Resistance Coordination and Strategy Unit at the&nbsp;U.S.&nbsp;Centers&nbsp;for Disease Control and Prevention,&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>Dr.&nbsp;Ghada&nbsp;Zoubiane<\/strong>, Head of Partnerships and Stakeholder Engagement at the International Centre for AMR Solutions.&nbsp;Craig&nbsp;stated&nbsp;that the most shocking&nbsp;aspect of the results of the Global AMR Monitor research is the commonality of the general lack of understanding of AMR in three&nbsp;very different&nbsp;regions of the world.&nbsp;He&nbsp;emphasized the&nbsp;need&nbsp;for&nbsp;more data on the issue to drive better policy and awareness.&nbsp;Dr.&nbsp;Zoubiane&nbsp;highlighted the difficulty of communicating about AMR and how&nbsp;translating&nbsp;the term to different languages&nbsp;is complex and requires&nbsp;digging deep&nbsp;into&nbsp;how to capture awareness in different contexts.&nbsp;She affirmed that&nbsp;we need to frame the problem of AMR for the audience being spoken to, but rebranding and changing the term would not change that. Education, incentives, and penalties are needed&nbsp;to promote the careful use of antibiotics and understanding of AMR.&nbsp;&nbsp;Dr.&nbsp;Zoubiane&nbsp;also pointed&nbsp;to the need for the promotion of patient stories from survivors, caregivers, and those who have lost loved ones to AMR to increase engagement with the topic.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p><h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Panel 3: Preventing infections before they occur\u202f&nbsp;<\/h4><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/onehealthtrust.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DSCF0060-copy-1-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Panel 3 with Dr. Sania Nishtar and Sarah Despres with moderator Dr. Ramanan Laxminarayan \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\"><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><a>Panel 3 with Dr. Sania Nishtar and Sarah Despres with moderator Dr. Ramanan Laxminarayan<\/a><\/em><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The third panel, moderated by&nbsp;Dr. Laxminarayan, began with a presentation by&nbsp;<strong>Dr. Joseph&nbsp;Lewnard<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;Associate Professor of Epidemiology at the School of Public Health at the University of California, Berkeley&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;on&nbsp;preventing AMR infections before they happen.&nbsp;Dr.&nbsp;Lewnard&nbsp;discussed what could be achieved in AMR mitigation through improving the implementation of existing interventions including infection prevention and control in hospitals; water, sanitation, and hygiene access and infrastructure;&nbsp;and&nbsp;pediatric vaccines.&nbsp;The speakers on the panel were&nbsp;<strong>Dr. Sania Nishtar<\/strong>, CEO of Gavi, the Vaccine&nbsp;Alliance, and&nbsp;<strong>Sarah&nbsp;Despres<\/strong>, a counselor to the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services&nbsp;for Public Health and Science.&nbsp;Dr. Nishtar&nbsp;reaffirmed the need to include vaccination in NAPs on AMR&nbsp;and the importance of vaccines in AMR mitigation in low- and middle-income countries.&nbsp;Gavi is working to get funding for vaccines for 24 antigens, 8 of which are connected to infections that cause the excessive use of antibiotics.&nbsp;Regarding&nbsp;the question of prevention&nbsp;in&nbsp;hospital infections globally,&nbsp;Despres&nbsp;stated&nbsp;that we know what we need to do&nbsp;and that&nbsp;it&nbsp;is&nbsp;a question of having the political leadership and the funding to do it.&nbsp;She added that AMR cannot&nbsp;be seen in a silo;&nbsp;while we need to highlight it as an issue, AMR is really about the ability to provide healthcare.&nbsp;Additionally,&nbsp;we need to&nbsp;make the link for providers&nbsp;that interventions, including&nbsp;handwashing&nbsp;and vaccines,&nbsp;are important,&nbsp;even though not&nbsp;specific to AMR&nbsp;alone.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p><h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Panel 4: Innovation and access\u202f&nbsp;<\/h4><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/onehealthtrust.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DSCF0155-copy-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Panel 4 with Dr. Trevor Mundel, Dr. Tina Tan, and Dr. Marijke Wijnroks and moderator Deepali Patel \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\"><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><a>Panel 4 with Dr. Trevor Mundel, Dr. Tina Tan, Dr. Marijke Wijnroks, and moderator Deepali Patel<\/a><\/em><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Panel four,&nbsp;moderated by&nbsp;<strong>Deepali Patel<\/strong>,&nbsp;Director of International Policy at the AMR Action Fund,&nbsp;included speakers&nbsp;<strong>Dr. Trevor&nbsp;Mundel<\/strong>, President of Global Health for the Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation;&nbsp;<strong>Dr. Tina Tan<\/strong>, President-Elect of the Board of Directors&nbsp;of the&nbsp;Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA);&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>Dr. Marijke&nbsp;Wijnroks<\/strong>,&nbsp;Head of Strategy, Investment,&nbsp;and Impact&nbsp;for&nbsp;The Global Fund.&nbsp;Dr.&nbsp;Mundel&nbsp;said that&nbsp;the&nbsp;development of an ideal antibiotic&nbsp;that&nbsp;we can ensure&nbsp;has broad access&nbsp;comes with several&nbsp;requirements:&nbsp;&nbsp;it&nbsp;must&nbsp;have&nbsp;a high barrier to developing&nbsp;resistance&nbsp;because it would be a first-line treatment;&nbsp;it needs&nbsp;to be incredibly safe;&nbsp;and most importantly,&nbsp;it needs to be cheap.&nbsp;Mundel&nbsp;charged that these properties are&nbsp;major barriers to getting&nbsp;companies interested in research and development for&nbsp;these types of products,&nbsp;and&nbsp;that is why artificial intelligence (AI) is an interesting tool to&nbsp;leverage&nbsp;for drug discovery.&nbsp;AI not only speeds up the&nbsp;drug discovery process,&nbsp;it&nbsp;helps include more diverse stakeholders in the field. Dr.&nbsp;Mundel&nbsp;expects&nbsp;significant&nbsp;changes&nbsp;in drug discovery in the next three to five years.&nbsp;Dr. Tan&nbsp;affirmed that the Pasteur Act in the United States, if passed, would be the single&nbsp;most important&nbsp;measure&nbsp;that the government could&nbsp;take&nbsp;to transform antibiotic research and development and help reach the global goal of reducing deaths due to bacterial AMR by 10 percent.&nbsp;Dr.&nbsp;Wijnroks&nbsp;affirmed that research and development related to AMR is a priority for funding for the Global Fund&nbsp;as it&nbsp;impacts&nbsp;patients with HIV\/AIDS,&nbsp;tuberculosis, and&nbsp;malaria greatly. She&nbsp;and Dr.&nbsp;Mundel&nbsp;both&nbsp;stated&nbsp;that work done to develop treatments and ensure access to medicines for&nbsp;tuberculosis&nbsp;provides&nbsp;a hopeful example&nbsp;of&nbsp;what can be done&nbsp;to&nbsp;address&nbsp;AMR&nbsp;research and development needs in low- and middle-income countries.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/onehealthtrust.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DSCF2717-copy-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"James Anderson providing a comment following panel 4 \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\"><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><a>James Anderson providing a comment following panel 4<\/a><\/em><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To close the panel,&nbsp;<strong>Dr. Henry Skinner<\/strong>, CEO of AMR Action Fund,&nbsp;commented that&nbsp;pull incentives to encourage&nbsp;the&nbsp;development of products&nbsp;must be used for the development of products that best&nbsp;serve low-resource settings,&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>James Anderson<\/strong>, Executive Director of Global Health at IFPMA,&nbsp;affirmed&nbsp;his&nbsp;hope&nbsp;for the future&nbsp;knowing that&nbsp;innovation and access are in the&nbsp;new UN political&nbsp;declaration.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p><h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Panel 5: From declaration to&nbsp;implementation:\u202fHow can we achieve UNGA Targets?\u202f&nbsp;<\/h4><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/onehealthtrust.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DSCF2809-copy-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Panel 5 with H.E Dr. Jean Kasey and Dr. Hanan Balkhy with moderator Apoorva Mandavilli \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\"><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><a>Panel 5 with H.E Dr. Jean Kaseya and Dr. Hanan Balkhy with moderator Apoorva Mandavilli<\/a><\/em><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The fifth panel, moderated by&nbsp;<strong>Apoorva&nbsp;Mandavilli<\/strong>,&nbsp;included&nbsp;speakers&nbsp;<strong>H.E Dr. Jean Kaseya<\/strong>, Director General of Africa&nbsp;Centres&nbsp;for Disease Control and Prevention,&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>Dr. Hanan&nbsp;Balkhy<\/strong>,&nbsp;Regional Director of the Eastern Mediterranean Region of the World Health Organization.&nbsp;Dr. Kaseya&nbsp;stated&nbsp;that the current outbreak of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/386\/bmj.q2124\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mpox<\/a>&nbsp;plaguing many parts of Africa is&nbsp;likely driving&nbsp;AMR emergence and spread as people desperately seek prevention and treatment of&nbsp;mpox&nbsp;by&nbsp;inappropriately using&nbsp;antibiotics, which are often&nbsp;of&nbsp;low&nbsp;quality.&nbsp;Dr.&nbsp;Balkhy&nbsp;explained that challenges related to conflict and humanitarian crises in&nbsp;the Eastern Mediterranean&nbsp;region guarantee the emergence of drug&nbsp;resistance. Further, she&nbsp;stated&nbsp;that&nbsp;continuously compromised&nbsp;health and sanitation conditions&nbsp;in crisis areas&nbsp;will affect all global efforts to control AMR. She&nbsp;called for peace and to&nbsp;seek out ways to ensure sustainable healthcare systems for everyone, especially the most vulnerable.&nbsp;She affirmed that bedside diagnostics&nbsp;for bacteria, parasites, and virus&nbsp;detection&nbsp;are needed&nbsp;to allow surveillance and antimicrobial stewardship&nbsp;for displaced populations like those in Gaza and Sudan.&nbsp;In&nbsp;addressing conclusions from the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/onehealthtrust.org\/projects\/mapping-antimicrobial-resistance-and-antimicrobial-use-partnership-maap\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MAAP<\/a>&nbsp;study that shows that only around 1.3 percent&nbsp;of laboratories in&nbsp;Africa are carrying out AMR analyses,&nbsp;Dr. Kaseya said that to&nbsp;improve&nbsp;surveillance in Africa, strengthening laboratories&nbsp;is vital.&nbsp;Furthermore, raising awareness of AMR alone will do nothing if people in Africa do&nbsp;not&nbsp;have the tools they need for proper mitigation,&nbsp;including clean running water and vaccines.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/onehealthtrust.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DSCF3030-copy-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Lesley Ogilvie providing a comment following panel five \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\"><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><a>Dr. Lesley Ogilvie providing a comment following panel 5<\/a><\/em><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To conclude the symposium,&nbsp;<strong>Dr. Lesley Ogilvie<\/strong>, Director of the Secretariat for Global AMR R&amp;D Hub, and&nbsp;<strong>Dr. Cecilia&nbsp;Ferreyra<\/strong>, Director of the AMR&nbsp;Programme&nbsp;for FIND, provided comments. Dr. Ogilvie&nbsp;stated&nbsp;that we need technical&nbsp;know-how&nbsp;on the ground to implement AMR solutions,&nbsp;and she hopes that the declaration can help ensure we&nbsp;address&nbsp;AMR&nbsp;faster, better, with more specificity, and with accountability. Dr.&nbsp;Ferreyra&nbsp;stressed that new antibiotics are important, but we need to know how and when to use them. Hence,&nbsp;developing&nbsp;accessible diagnostics is a key&nbsp;component&nbsp;of addressing&nbsp;AMR.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/onehealthtrust.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/DSCF3399-copy-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\"><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><a>The One Health Trust team at Ensuring Sustainable Access to Effective Antibiotics: From UNGA to Impact: Dr. Erta Kalanxhi, Dr. Samantha Serrano, Nodar Kipshidze, Isabella Impalli, and Dr. Ramanan Laxminarayan<\/a><\/em><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The event was live-streamed, and the recording can be viewed&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-ARuq-cdMaA&amp;t=1684s\">here.<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other&nbsp;events&nbsp;on the sidelines of&nbsp;the&nbsp;UNGA&nbsp;<\/h2><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our team had the&nbsp;opportunity to attend&nbsp;several other&nbsp;side&nbsp;events&nbsp;throughout UNGA week hosted by partners and&nbsp;key stakeholders in global AMR&nbsp;mitigation.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p><h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Lifeline AMR Gala&nbsp;<\/h4><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/onehealthtrust.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_0429-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"The opening panel of The Lifeline AMR Gala \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\"><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><a>The opening panel of The Lifeline AMR Gala<\/a><\/em><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Saturday evening, September 21, the OHT team&nbsp;attended a gala with a special&nbsp;showing of the Scottish musical,&nbsp;Lifeline, hosted by Dame&nbsp;Sally Davies, the United&nbsp;Kingdom&nbsp;Special Envoy on AMR.&nbsp;The show was preceded by a special panel on AMR. The panel covered&nbsp;issues&nbsp;promoting a nuanced One Health approach to understanding and addressing AMR with panelists&nbsp;from the human, animal, and environmental health sectors. Joining the expert&nbsp;voices&nbsp;was&nbsp;the writer&nbsp;of the&nbsp;musical score, Robin&nbsp;Hiley. The play, which intertwined the biography of Sir Alexander Flemming with stories&nbsp;of love and&nbsp;profound&nbsp;loss&nbsp;due to AMR,&nbsp;portrayed multiple perspectives of&nbsp;this ever-growing crisis. It&nbsp;depicted&nbsp;the excitement and promise of antibiotic discovery along with the&nbsp;human tragedy that trails their declining effectiveness. As the curtains closed,&nbsp;scientists,&nbsp;clinicians,&nbsp;and others&nbsp;on the front line delivered&nbsp;strong messages on how they are working to tackle AMR, simultaneously bringing hope that together we are stronger&nbsp;and can&nbsp;alter course.&nbsp;<\/p><h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Advancing Together: Securing the Global AMR Agenda by Harnessing the Collective Strength of Multi-Sector Partnerships&nbsp;<\/h4><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/onehealthtrust.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_0497-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"The panel discussion of \u201cAdvancing Together\u201d event with Lori Russell, Fran\u00e7oise Vanni, Beth Battaglino, Juan Pablo Uribe, Yewande Alimi, Kefas Samson, and Maria Lettinl \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\"><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><a>The panel discussion of the \u201cAdvancing Together\u201d event with Lori Russell, Fran\u00e7oise Vanni, Beth Battaglino, Juan Pablo Uribe, Yewande Alimi, Kefas Samson, and Maria Lettinl<\/a><\/em><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On&nbsp;the morning of&nbsp;September 24,&nbsp;our team attended the event&nbsp;hosted by&nbsp;bioM\u00e9rieux, The&nbsp;Wellcome&nbsp;Trust, The American Society of Microbiology, the Republic of Malawi, and the French Ministry for&nbsp;Labour,&nbsp;Health&nbsp;and Solidarities.&nbsp;The speakers&nbsp;discussed creating a collaborative ecosystem for sustainable solutions in the AMR landscape, covering diagnosis, treatment, surveillance, and action plans across&nbsp;the health of&nbsp;humans,&nbsp;animals, and the environment. They&nbsp;emphasized that achieving the UN Declaration\u2019s goals requires collective action from all stakeholders, as no single sector has the necessary resources or&nbsp;expertise. As health and finance sectors move from awareness to action, exploring collaboration and&nbsp;leveraging&nbsp;shared strengths is essential for driving country-level changes to meet global targets.&nbsp;<\/p><h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">From People to Leaders&nbsp;\u2013 Side&nbsp;event&nbsp;&amp; exhibition&nbsp;<\/h4><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/onehealthtrust.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_0522-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Speakers gathered for a showcase of the role of communities and civil society in the global response to AMR at the \u201cFrom People to Leaders\u201d event \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\"><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a>Speakers gathered for a showcase of the role of communities and civil society in the global response to AMR at the \u201cFrom People to Leaders\u201d event<\/a><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hosted by&nbsp;ReAct&nbsp;and partners, the event&nbsp;in the early evening on September 24&nbsp;aimed to amplify community and civil society voices globally. It served as a platform to share testimonies, convey key messages to global leaders, and present the \u201cCall for Global Action\u201d to the President of the 79th UN General Assembly and the&nbsp;co-facilitators of the Political Declaration negotiations. The event began with testimonies from communities and civil society representatives on the impact of AMR, followed by a showcase of the role of communities and civil society in the global response&nbsp;and a special ceremony for a call to global action. The discussion closed with remarks from the founder of the&nbsp;ReAct&nbsp;Network, Dr. Otto Cars, in which he touched on how far we have come in the fight to control AMR and the&nbsp;vital&nbsp;work that we all, as stakeholders in global health, have ahead to fight to mitigate AMR.&nbsp;The discussions were followed by an art exhibition&nbsp;filled with&nbsp;art installations&nbsp;about AMR by Visual Communications students at&nbsp;Beckmans&nbsp;College of Design in Stockholm, Sweden.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p><h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">From Policy to Action: Successful Implementation of Multisectoral AMR Programs in LMICs&nbsp;<\/h4><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/onehealthtrust.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_0543-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"A panel of speakers discussing AMR success stories and lessons learned from National Action Plan implementation in their countries at the \u201cFrom Policy to Action\u201d event \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\"><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><a>A panel of speakers discussing AMR success stories and lessons learned from National Action Plan implementation in their countries at the \u201cFrom Policy to Action\u201d event<\/a><\/em><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hosted by the World Medical Association (WMA) and the International Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance Solutions (ICARS) on&nbsp;the evening of&nbsp;September 24, the event\u2019s&nbsp;main&nbsp;panel included&nbsp;Dr.&nbsp;Youk&nbsp;Sambath, Secretary of Health&nbsp;of&nbsp;Cambodia; Dr. Juliana&nbsp;Corr\u00eaa&nbsp;of&nbsp;Funda\u00e7\u00e3o&nbsp;Getulio&nbsp;Vargas;&nbsp;Dr.&nbsp;Ronnia&nbsp;Gavilan,&nbsp;Director&nbsp;of the National AMR committee in Peru;&nbsp;and Dr. Lata Kapoor, Director and Head of the AMR&nbsp;Programme&nbsp;Unit for the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of India.&nbsp;Speakers reflected on AMR success stories and lessons&nbsp;learned from&nbsp;National&nbsp;Action Plan implementation&nbsp;in their countries. Speakers&nbsp;emphasized the unique opportunity UNGA&nbsp;Week&nbsp;presents for AMR advocates to share insights and contribute valuable evidence to future planning and action.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p><h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Future&nbsp;Can\u2019t&nbsp;Wait \u2013 Shaping tomorrow, today&nbsp;<\/h4><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/onehealthtrust.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/0P5A8472-1-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Ramanan Laxminarayan speaking at \u201cThe Future Can\u2019t Wait\u201d event. Photo courtesy of Devex.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\"><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><a>Dr. Ramanan Laxminarayan speaking at \u201cThe Future Can\u2019t Wait\u201d event. Photo courtesy of Devex.<\/a><\/em><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">OHT\u2019s Dr.&nbsp;Ramanan Laxminarayan&nbsp;spoke on the panel \u201cConfronting an emerging global health threat: Strategies for defeating antimicrobial resistance\u201d with Dr.&nbsp;Anand&nbsp;Anandkumar&nbsp;of&nbsp;Bugworks&nbsp;Research Inc.&nbsp;and Dame Sally Davies at the&nbsp;Devex&nbsp;Summit at UNGA 79: The Future Can\u2019t Wait on the afternoon of September 25.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.devex.com\/news\/antimicrobial-resistance-is-a-solvable-problem-but-needs-momentum-108400\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dr. Laxminarayan emphasized<\/a>&nbsp;three things&nbsp;that&nbsp;are needed to curb the AMR crisis, \u201cFirst, there\u2019s a need for stronger infection prevention efforts in low- and middle-income countries, such as clean water and adequate sanitation. Second,&nbsp;there\u2019s&nbsp;a need to expand access to antibiotics to settings where people are dying without the needed drugs. Third, there\u2019s a need for a new pipeline of antibiotics.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p><h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Elevating African Voices on Antimicrobial Resistance&nbsp;<\/h4><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/onehealthtrust.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_0575-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Leaders and stakeholders in health in Africa, including OHT\u2019s Dr. Ramanan Laxminarayan, gathered at the end of the \u201cElevating African Voices on Antimicrobial Resistance\u201d event \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\"><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><a>Leaders and stakeholders in health in Africa, including OHT\u2019s Dr. Ramanan Laxminarayan, gathered at the end of the \u201cElevating African Voices on Antimicrobial Resistance\u201d event<\/a><\/em><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The event\u00a0hosted by Africa CDC and partners was\u00a0held\u00a0on\u00a0the afternoon of September 25. It\u00a0began with a\u00a0call to action from\u00a0the\u00a0Director-General of the Africa CDC, H.E Dr. Jean Kaseya. Dr. Kaseya\u00a0noted that\u00a0it\u00a0is predicted that four million people will die due to AMR in Africa between 2025 and 2050.\u00a0He\u00a0stated\u00a0that\u00a0the\u00a0stakes are high for Africa\u00a0as the\u00a0continent\u2019s GDP\u00a0could\u00a0reduce\u00a0by\u00a03.8 percent without improved AMR mitigation. Speakers called for a\u00a0commitment\u00a0to local manufacturing of antibiotics for less reliance on the Global North and better local protocols to ensure drug safety and effectiveness.\u00a0The Minister of State for Environment of Uganda, the Honorable   Beatrice\u00a0Atim\u00a0Odwong\u00a0Anywar\u00a0called for global targets to\u00a0be set as\u00a0recommended in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/onehealthtrust.org\/publications\/peer-reviewed-articles\/the-lancet-series-on-antimicrobial-resistance-the-need-for-sustainable-access-to-effective-antibiotics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lancet Series on AMR<\/a>, a 10\u00a0percent\u00a0reduction in deaths from AMR, achieved in part by a 20 percent reduction in\u00a0inappropriate antibiotic use in humans and a 30 percent reduction in inappropriate antibiotic use in animals\u00a0by 2030.\u00a0Speakers also discussed the launch of an Africa Union landmark report on AMR,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1EGIPdQenHmpFRtV3qEutDvvR2RCGUBMe\/view\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Voicing African Priorities on the Active Pandemic \u2013 Accelerating the Continental Response to Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Addressing&nbsp;the Global Health Challenge of AMR Through Innovative Solutions and Global Cooperation&nbsp;<\/h4><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/onehealthtrust.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_0589-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Panel including Vanessa Carter and Dr. Sonali Johnson during the \u201cAddressing the Global Health Challenge of AMR Through Innovative Solutions and Global Cooperation\u201d event \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\"><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><a>Panel including Vanessa Carter and Dr. Sonali Johnson during the \u201cAddressing the Global Health Challenge of AMR Through Innovative Solutions and Global Cooperation\u201d event<\/a><\/em><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The last event we attended on the evening of September 25\u00a0before\u00a0the UNGA high-level meeting on AMR\u00a0was co-hosted by Novo Nordisk Foundation and Healthcare Denmark.\u00a0The reception gathered a diverse range of experts to discuss the impact of AMR and effective mitigation strategies. Topics included surveillance;\u00a0innovative approaches to developing new vaccines, diagnostics, and antimicrobials;\u00a0financial mechanisms to support these efforts;\u00a0and the significance of a multi-sectoral approach.\u00a0Importantly, the\u00a0meeting\u00a0brought in\u00a0the\u00a0patient\u2019s\u00a0voice\u00a0as\u00a0Vanessa Carter, Executive Director of The AMR Narrative, spoke about her experience as an AMR survivor and the life\u2013changing impact of hard\u2013to\u2013treat infections.\u00a0\u00a0Recognizing the\u00a0wide\u2013ranging implications of AMR,\u00a0Dr.\u00a0Sonali\u00a0Johnson,\u00a0Head of Knowledge, Advocacy,\u00a0and Policy\u00a0at the\u00a0Union for International Cancer Control\u00a0highlighted the devastating impact of ineffective antibiotics on cancer patients.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The 79th&nbsp;United Nations General Assembly High-level Meeting on Antimicrobial Resistance&nbsp;<\/h2><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/onehealthtrust.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_0671-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Ramanan Laxminarayan addressing the first Multi-stakeholder Panel at the UNGA High-level meeting on AMR while showing the Lancet Series on AMR that OHT led a group of experts in writing \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\"><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><a>Dr. Ramanan Laxminarayan addressing the first Multi-stakeholder Panel at the UNGA High-level Meeting on AMR while showing the Lancet Series on AMR that OHT led a group of experts in writing<\/a><\/em><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The One Health Trust was privileged to have a delegation at the UNGA High-level Meeting on antimicrobial resistance including: President,&nbsp;<strong>Dr. Ramanan Laxminarayan<\/strong>; Director of Partnerships and Research Fellow,&nbsp;<strong>Dr. Erta Kalanxhi<\/strong>; Research Analyst,<strong>&nbsp;Isabella Impalli<\/strong>; and Associate Director of Science Communications,&nbsp;<strong>Dr. Samantha Serrano<\/strong>. The day\u2019s agenda began with an opening plenary, including addresses from distinguished speakers such as&nbsp;<strong>Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus<\/strong>, Director-General of the World Health Organization and the<strong>&nbsp;Honorable Ms. Mia Amor Mottley<\/strong>, Prime Minister of Barbados. The opening plenary was followed by Multi-stakeholder Panel 1,&nbsp; \u201cAddressing the urgent global risk of antimicrobial resistance across the human, animal, plant and environmental sectors through equity, access, building awareness and innovation.\u201d As a panelist in the section, Dr. Laxminarayan highlighted that AMR is not a silent pandemic but a neglected one. He reiterated the recommendations and evidence for the need for action provided in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/onehealthtrust.org\/publications\/peer-reviewed-articles\/the-lancet-series-on-antimicrobial-resistance-the-need-for-sustainable-access-to-effective-antibiotics\/\">Lancet Series on AMR<\/a>, published in May 2024. Further, he called attention to the fact that more people die from a lack of access to antibiotics than antimicrobial-resistant infections, so promoting access to antibiotics whenever they are needed must be a priority within AMR control policies.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the second multi-stakeholder panel, \u201cAddressing human health, animal health, agrifood systems and protecting the environment to tackle antimicrobial resistance, through surveillance, capacity-building, sustainable resources, financing, and investment,\u201d it was heartening to see partners, colleagues, and policymakers come together to discuss this crisis that member states unanimously agreed should be prioritized for action in the coming years. All 193 member states later approved the UN declaration on AMR. While the text does not cover the multitude of actions and commitments needed to address AMR, it is a vast improvement to the previous 2016 declaration. Important targets include:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Establishing an\u00a0<strong>independent panel<\/strong>\u00a0for evidence for action against antimicrobial resistance in 2025\u00a0<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Reducing the global deaths<\/strong>\u00a0associated with bacterial antimicrobial resistance\u00a0<strong>by 10 percent<\/strong>\u00a0by 2030\u00a0<\/li>\n\n<li>Facilitating sustainable\u00a0<strong>funding of US$ 100 million<\/strong>\u00a0by 2030 for national action plan implementation\u00a0<\/li>\n\n<li>Expanding the use of\u00a0<strong>WHO Access group antibiotics<\/strong>\u00a0to achieve at least 70 percent overall human antibiotic use globally by 2030\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/onehealthtrust.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/PHOTO-2024-09-26-14-36-53-3-1-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"The One Health Trust delegation at the UNGA High-level meeting on AMR: Dr. Ramanan Laxminarayan, Dr. Samantha Serrano, Dr. Erta Kalanxhi, and Isabella Impalli \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\"><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><a>The One Health Trust delegation at the UNGA High-level Meeting on AMR: Dr. Ramanan Laxminarayan, Dr. Samantha Serrano, Dr. Erta Kalanxhi, and Isabella Impalli<\/a><\/em><\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the One Health Trust, we will harness\u00a0the energy and momentum from UNGA week to\u00a0advance\u00a0our work to move the needle in the fight to control AMR. We will continue to collaborate with our partners and to spread awareness in our communities\u00a0with the knowledge that this work can and does make a difference.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Highlights from the 79th United Nations General Assembly Week \u2013 A critical time for global action to tackle AMRS. <\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sources:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/onehealthtrust.org\/news-media\/blog\/highlights-from-the-79th-united-nations-general-assembly-week-a-critical-time-for-global-action-to-tackle-amr\/\">https:\/\/onehealthtrust.org\/news-media\/blog\/highlights-from-the-79th-united-nations-general-assembly-week-a-critical-time-for-global-action-to-tackle-amr\/<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Highlights from the 79th United Nations General Assembly Week \u2013 A critical time for global action to tackle AMR The One Health Trust\u00a0at\u00a0the\u00a02024\u00a0United Nations General Assembly Over a decade ago, the&nbsp;One Health Trust, founded as&nbsp;CDDEP,&nbsp;began&nbsp;to&nbsp;work&nbsp;tirelessly&nbsp;alongside&nbsp;partners and collaborators&nbsp;to&nbsp;generate&nbsp;evidence and launch initiatives to&nbsp;attain&nbsp;a&nbsp;political&nbsp;resolution&nbsp;during the first United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) High-level Meeting on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5242,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,22],"tags":[24,32],"class_list":["post-3185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-design","category-ui-ux","tag-design","tag-ui-ux"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rbo.rw\/rcgb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rbo.rw\/rcgb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rbo.rw\/rcgb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rbo.rw\/rcgb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rbo.rw\/rcgb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3185"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/rbo.rw\/rcgb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5245,"href":"https:\/\/rbo.rw\/rcgb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3185\/revisions\/5245"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rbo.rw\/rcgb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rbo.rw\/rcgb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rbo.rw\/rcgb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rbo.rw\/rcgb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}