EU-ASIA ONLINE WORKSHOP ON ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE FOCUSED ON HUMAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
– TOKYO, JAPAN, 7-8 APRIL 2022 –
Tokyo, Japan – 30 March 2022: The second EU-Asia Online Workshop on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) will be held on 7-8 April 2022, with a focus on Japan. The workshop will discuss human and environmental health, aiming to enhance exchanges of best practices and AMR knowledge, while forging strategic cooperation among Asian partner countries.
Following the great success of the previous EU-ASIA High-level Webinar on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) held in Thailand in October 2021 and the online workshop held in India in December 2021, the following EU-Asia Online Workshop on AMR in Human and Environmental Health held online in Japan, on 7-8 April, will gather experts, researchers, health personnel and executives, farmers, environmental scientists, stakeholders, and policy makers from the EU and nine Asian partner countries: China, Japan, Indonesia, India, Malaysia, the Philippines, South Korea, Thailand and Vietnam. The experts will discuss the AMR situation in Asia, exchange best practices and explore avenues for cooperation.
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global threat that causes 700,000 deaths annually. The burgeoning AMR is estimated to account for 10 million deaths and US$ 100 trillion economic loss every year by 2050 if no urgent actions are taken. The current approaches in tackling AMR suffer from insufficient and dissipated efforts and thus demand urgent and concerted actions as foreseen by the ‘One Health approach’.
The concept of One Health (OH) recognizes that the health of humans, animals, plants and their shared ecosystem are inextricably linked with each other. Therefore, achieving optimal health outcomes requires a multi-sectoral, transdisciplinary approach. The workshop will provide a platform to exchange knowledge, ideas and evidence on the monitoring and surveilling of drug resistance patterns, optimizing the use of antimicrobial medicines for humans and identifying the most important socio- cultural determinants.
Some of the drivers that pose increasing AMR challenges in Asia relate to the geographical variations in the patterns of resistance as well as the lack of universal policies in antimicrobial use, differences in hygiene and safety/sanitation standards. The workshop will focus on the new and emerging threats of AMR in the world and its specific implications for Asia, as well as the key drivers of AMR in Asia that need immediate attention at national and regional level.
“The second One Health Action Plan in development addresses the multiple drivers of AMR and promotes the responsible and prudent use of antimicrobials. Actions include in particular the support for the development and implementation of national action plans addressing AMR issues in human, animal, and plant health.” said Claire Bury, Deputy Director General in the European Commission Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety.
The EU-Asia AMR workshop focused on Japan will provide an opportunity to learn from each others and share the latest research on the impact and relationship between climate change and AMR, issues regarding environmental contamination controls, and the evolution of antimicrobial resistant infections.
Background:
This series of high-level international conference and workshops is funded by the European Union.
More details on the work of the European Commission on AMR are available here.
For more information, please contact:
AMR Events Secretariat (General organisation): Phillippe van Maldeghem – pvm@candm.sk
AMR Events Secretariat (Press/Asian participants): Sukanya Uerchuchai – sukanya.uer@gmail.com AMR Events Secretariat (Sessions): Dr. Pattarachai Kiratisin – pattarachai.kir@mahidol.edu
