Webinar: Antimicrobial resistance, COVID-19 and pandemic preparedness

2 November 2022: 15.30-16.45 (CET)

Webinar objectives:

• To provide an update on recent research by WHO on AMR and COVID-19
• To provide an update on the revised AMR indicators included in the revised IHR/ Joint External Evaluation Tool (2022)
• To highlight why, and where AMR interventions could be included in the “Pandemic Preparedness” treaty or instrument and binding provisions being negotiated through the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB)

Topics & Speakers

• Opening remarks

• AMR & COVID-19: findings from the WHO Global Clinical Platform for COVID-19

Silvia Bertagnolio, MD, Unit head, Control and Response Strategies (CRS) Unit, WHO AMR Division

• Update on the International Health Regulations and AMR revisions in the Joint External Evaluation Tool (2022)

Ponnu Padiyara, Technical Officer, NPM Unit, WHO AMR Division

• AMR and Pandemic preparedness: why and where should AMR be included in the INB treaty or instrument being negotiated?

Susan Rogers Van Katwyk, Managing Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre on Global Governance of AMR, York University and the University of Ottawa, Canada

• Moderated Q&A
• Closing remarks

Moderator: Mr Anand Balachandran, NPM Unit Head, WHO AMR Division

Interpretation will be available in French, Portuguese and Spanish