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Call to Action on Antimicrobial Resistance 2021

30 July 2021
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The Call to Action on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) - 2021 was launched during the closing session of the High-Level Interactive Dialogue on Antimicrobial Resistance on 29 April 2021 to raise global ambition on AMR whilst accommodating diverse national circumstances.

Presented by the Group of Friends on Tackling AMR, it calls for enhanced national and global efforts to tackle AMR through a One Health approach, for the acceleration of previous commitments to tackle AMR, for improved antimicrobial stewardship, for work towards financing for AMR action, for increased research on AMR’s impacts, and for supporting the new One Health Global Leaders Group on AMR among other key steps.

As of 22 March 2022, there are 113 Member State signatories to the Call to Action and 40 supporting organizations.

Member State signatories

AlbaniaGhanaNorth Macedonia
AlgeriaGreeceNorway
Antigua and BarbudaGuatemalaOman
ArgentinaGuineaPakistan
ArmeniaHondurasPapua New Guinea
AustraliaHungaryParaguay
AustriaIcelandPeru
BahrainIndiaPhilippines
BangladeshIndonesiaPoland
BarbadosIrelandPortugal
BelarusIsraelQatar
BelgiumItalyRepublic of Moldova
BhutanJamaicaRomania
BrazilJapanRussian Federation
BulgariaKazakhstanSan Marino
Burkina FasoLatviaSaudi Arabia
CanadaLebanonSenegal
ChileLiechtensteinSerbia
ChinaLithuaniaSingapore
ColombiaLuxembourgSlovakia
Costa RicaMadagascarSlovenia
CroatiaMalawiSouth Africa
CubaMalaysiaSpain
CyprusMaldivesSt. Vincent and the Grenadines
Czech RepublicMaliSudan
DenmarkMaltaSweden
DjiboutiMarshall IslandsSwitzerland
DominicaMauritiusThailand
Dominican RepublicMexicoTogo
EcuadorMonacoTurkey
EgyptMongoliaTuvalu
El SalvadorMontenegroUruguay
EstoniaMoroccoUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
FijiNamibiaUnited States of America
FinlandNepalVenezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
FranceNetherlandsViet Nam
GeorgiaNew ZealandZambia
GermanyNigeria 

 

Supporting organizations

Access to Medicine Foundation NCD Alliance
AMR Industry AllianceNepal Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics
California Life Sciences InstituteNorwegian Cancer Society
Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy (CDDEP)Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease
Center for Science and Environment (CSE) Partnership to Fight Infectious Disease
Center for Infectious Diseases Research and Policy (CIDRAP)Resolve to Save Lives
Council of the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (BSAC)Rockefeller Foundation 
Emory Antibiotic Resistance Center The South Centre
Global AMR Insights Ambassador Network The Surveillance and Epidemiology of Drug-resistant Infections Consortium (SEDRIC)
Global Antibiotic Research & Development Partnership (GARDP)Swiss Round Table Antibiotics
Global Antibiotics Resistance Foundation The Task Force for Global Health
Ineos Oxford Institute for AMR ResearchTrinity AMR Action Group 
Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)Uganda National One Health Platform (NOHP) - AMR Subcommittee
Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility Union for International Cancer Control (UICC)
International Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance Solutions (ICARS)UN Development Programme (UNDP)
International Federation of Medical Students' OrganizationsUNICEF
International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations 
 United Nations Foundation
Investor Action on AMR
Wellcome Trust
Levy Center for Integrated Management of Antimicrobial Resistance
World Animal Protection 
Natural Investments
World Health Students' Alliance 


 

 

Related

High-Level Interactive Dialogue on Antimicrobial Resistance (29 April 2021)

Support the Call to Action

Interested stakeholders across all sectors are kindly invited to join the growing list of supporters of the Call to Action.

Contact the Tripartite Joint Secretariat on AMR to express any interest: amr-tjs@who.int

 

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