News

Combating emerging and enduring pathogens including AMR: Taking action today to make an impact tomorrow

Combating emerging and enduring pathogens including AMR: Taking action today to make an impact tomorrow

Timothy Jinks, Head of Wellcome Trust’s AMR Programme, provided an overview of Wellcome Trusts’ Global Response to AMR report, and said that while some progress has been made, AMR is not being prioritized as it should by world leaders and policy makers and that the AMR agenda is at risk of losing momentum. It is critical to capture new momentum in with a clear post-COVID-19 AMR narrative. He mapped out strategies to achieve that. The presentation was made at Decennial Day, April 12, 2021. The Decennial Conference reviews the advances of the previous decade and the opportunities and trends for the fields of healthcare epidemiology, infectious diseases, and infection prevention and control for the future. Co-hosted by the Society for Health care Epidemiology of America (SHEA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the 2021 Decennial Program focused on global solutions for preventing healthcare-associated infections and addressing emerging pathogens and antibiotic resistance in healthcare.  

Full Story