2024YEARINREVIEW
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February
South Centre reports on the progress of eleven CSOs that received grants to conduct AMR awareness and education campaigns during 2023 WAAW, and ReAct releases report on impactful approaches for community-wide engagement on AMR FACT’s video raised awareness on antibiotic resistance in livestock farming Public Citizen and CSOs advocate for transparency in medical product procurement KAW raises concerns over FDA’s Veterinary Medicine Innovation Agenda
April
CSE s international workshop report emphasized prevention to tackle AMR in LMICs Health Care without Harm Europe released educational video on proper pharmaceutical disposal US PIRG petitioned Panera Bread over antibiotics in meat products Alliance to Save Our Antibiotics released report on need for stricter UK farming regulations ReAct Latin America empowers antibiotic awareness in Ecuadorian school children ReAct and LifeArc initiate ASPIRE to address AMR in Zambia and Kenya
June
ReAct issues briefing on 2024 UN High-Level Meeting on AMR IDEA Initiative gives closing plenary talk at EDAR7 (Environmental Dimensions of Antimicrobial Resistance conference) PATAM spearheads Diagnostics Equity Consortium Health Care without Harm Europe flagged concerns over sustainability of EU antibiotic supply chain Alliance to Save Our Antibiotics called attention to new UK regulations, compared to European Union
August
Healthcare without Harm Europe released report on pharmacists addressing pharmaceutical pollution in Europe Public Citizen led access groups calling on Gavi, UNICEF to negotiate fair price for Mpox vaccines South Centre report examines how COVID19 pandemic changed global vaccine industry South Centre-RAN conference is held in Zambia, with panel presentation from IDEA Initiative on effective innovation of health technologies tackling AMR
October
Alliance to Save Our Antibiotics released its fourth assessment of UK leading supermarkets on procurement of products produced with responsible use of antibiotics FACT, Consumer Reports and other CSOs comment on U S government draft white paper on AMR risk associated with pesticide use ReAct Latin America organized forum on “Living land, food and antimicrobial resistance ” Health Care without Harm Europe called on the European Parliament to take action on AMR
December
South Centre study examines antimicrobial use in aquaculture, including India shrimp industry FACT called for urgent action to address spread of avian flu in U S Health Action International adds policy brief to Antimicrobial Resistance toolkit. Public Citizen calls for integrating equity into licensing agreements for taxpayer-funded technologies
January
On both sides of the Atlantic, ARC members pressed for addressing AMR in the agri-food system KAW and allies commented on the U S FDA draft guidance for industry on the duration of use for approved medically important antimicrobial drugs fed to food-producing animals, and EPHA urged the EU Commission to prioritize sustainable food procurement Public Citizen addressed misconceptions over march-in rights and revealed Pharma’s focus on shareholder enrichment over R&D
March
IDEA Initiative/ReAct global health videos on antibiotic innovation and on training farmers to reduce the use of antimicrobials in the Global Farmers Field School in Zambia receive honors in Consortium of Universities of Global Health-Pulitzer Center global health video competition Third World Network, HAI, and other ARC members weigh in on equity and access concerns in Pandemic Accord negotiations
Keep Antibiotics Working Coalition and FACT raise concerns over U S Pesticide Use Map’s exclusion of tracking medically important antibiotics
May
ARC marks tenth year anniversary with discussions on“UpdatingtheGlobalActionPlanonAntimicrobial Resistance and celebrating a decade of milestone accomplishments --CSO meeting hosted by South Centre, resulting in Antibiotic Resistance Declaration and first intersectoralcivilsocietyallianceaddressingAMR --LaunchatWorldHealthAssemblyinMay2014 --ARC members on UN Interagency Coordination Group on AMR delivering recommendations to UN Secretary-GeneralinApril2019
July
Keep Antibiotics Working called out US FDA’s backtracking on AMR in animal agriculture South Centre released research paper on antimicrobial use in food-producing animals Several ARC members responded to NIH RFI on access plans for intramural research Centre for Science and Environment releases report on “Priorities of Lowand Middle-Income Countries to Inform HLM on AMR at UNGA 2024 ” ReAct Asia Pacific captures regional insights into community engagement to address AMR
September
ARC Members give voice to AMR concerns at UN General Assembly High-Level Meeting on AMR from ReAct’s “From People to Leaders: Act on AMR Now” to IDEA Initiative presenting at the Imperial College’s event for the Fleming Initiative. South Centre released policy briefing on Catalyzing Policy Action to Address Antimicrobial Resistance: Next Steps for Global Governance a commissioned paper authored by IDEA Initiative and hosted breakfast for G77 and China in lead up to UNGA HLM AMR.
November
FACT published Serving Up Superbugs, a report card on U S fast food restaurant chains South Centre supports civil society and research institutions in Global South to raise AMR awareness, and ARC members organized events in recognition of World Antimicrobial Awareness Week, from Centre for Science and Environment’s webinar on “Prevention is Our Bet for Controlling Antimicrobial Resistance to Third World Network and Consumers Association of Penang’s seminar on ”Together Against Antimicrobial Resistance: Educate, Advocate, Act Now ” The European Public Health Alliance highlighted “The urgent need for a One Health approach,” and React nodes held activities in four regions