Posts Tagged ‘AMR’
A Grand Bargain for Antimicrobial Procurement: Leveraging Purchasing Systems to Address AMR
Organized by Center for Global Development A Grand Bargain for Antimicrobial Procurement: Leveraging Purchasing Systems to Address AMR June 30, 2022 RSVP Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the biggest global public health threats facing humanity. Over 1 and a quarter million people die every year from a drug-resistant infection as a direct result of antimicrobial resistance. That’s more deaths…
Read MoreAntimicrobial Resistance and Climate Change: Implications for Policy and Practice in LMICs
Organized by CSIS Antimicrobial Resistance and Climate Change: Implications for Policy and Practice in LMICs November 5, 2021 RSVP This event will be a Webinar and has a limited number of available spots for live participants. Please register for this event through the registration button, and you will receive an email with the details to…
Read MoreAdvocacy Updates ~ May 12, 2021
Administration News U.S. backs proposal to waive COVID-19 vaccine patent rights U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai announced the Biden-Harris Administration support of waiving intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines, noting “This is a global health crisis, and the extraordinary circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic call for extraordinary measures.” Tai committed that the U.S. would engage…
Read MoreGHC Statement on Antimicrobial Resistance at the 148th Session of WHO Executive Board Meeting
The following statement—from Global Health Council, supported by the Global Health Technologies Coalition and the Infectious Diseases Society of America was submitted to the 148th session of the WHO Executive Board on Agenda Item 9: Antimicrobial resistance. The Global Health Council, Global Health Technologies Coalition, and Infectious Diseases Society of America thank the chair and…
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