Events calendar

Events calendar

World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2020

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World Antimicrobial Awareness Week
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18 November 2020, Wednesday

WHO EMRO Regional Director Introductory Remarks

18 November 2020 | 9:15-9:55 (CET)

Organizer: WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (EMRO)

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WHO EMRO Regional Director Video Launching the WAAW Campaign

18 November 2020 | 10:00-10:15 (CET)

Organizer: WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (EMRO)

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WAAW 2020 kickoff in Africa

18 November 2020 | 10:00-12:00 (CET)

Organizer: African Union (AU); WHO Regional Office for Africa AFRO); Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (ACDC); Food and Agricultural Organization; Organisation for Animal Health (OIE); United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

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Why infection prevention and control expertise matters to combat antimicrobial resistance and prevent outbreaks

18 November 2020 | 13:30-14:30 (CET)

Organizer: Integrated Health Services, Universal Health Coverage/Life Course and Antimicrobial Resistance Division, WHO

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New developments and innovations to address AMR/Addressing the crisis in antimicrobials research and development

18 November 2020 | 14:30-17:20 (CET)

Organizer: Pan American Health Organization (PAHO); Florida International University (FIU)

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CDC Twitter storm

18 November 2020 | 15:00-16:00 (CET)

Organizer: US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

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19 November 2020, Thursday

AMR and One Health Video

19 November 2020 | 9:00-9:15 (CET)

Organizer: WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (EMRO)

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AMR and Public Health Presentation

19 November 2020 | 9:10-9:20 (CET)

Organizers: WHO Regional Office for Africa (AFRO)

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What is understood about AMR?

19 November 2020 | 10:00-13:00 (CET)

Organizer(s): African Union (AU); WHO Regional Office for Africa AFRO); Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (ACDC); Food and Agricultural Organization; Organisation for Animal Health (OIE); United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

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Live Session "One Health AMR"

19 November 2020 | 11:00-12:00 (CET)

Organizer: WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (EMRO)

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Release of Report on antimalarial drug therapeutic efficacy, resistance and response, 10 years of surveillance (2010–2019)

19 November 2020 | 14:00-15:00 (CET)

Organizer: Global Malaria Programme (GMP), WHO

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Understanding and changing behavior to combat AMR - in the community

19 November 2020 | 14:30-17:20 (CET)

Organizer: Pan American Health Organization (PAHO); Florida International University (FIU)

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World Toilet Day: State of the World's Sanitation Report Launch

19 November 2020 | 15:00-16:30 (CET)

Organizers: Permanent Missions to the UN of Singapore, India and Nigeria

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World Toilet Day: A closer look at Sanitation

19 November 2020 | 23:00-01:00 (CET)

Organizer: WHO Pan American Health Organization

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20 November 2020, Friday

AMR and Infection prevention and control measures: Video

20 November 2020 | 9:00-9:15 (CET)

Organizer: WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

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Country experiences

20 November 2020 | 10:00-13:00 (CET)

Organizers: African Union (AU); WHO Regional Office for Africa AFRO); Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (ACDC); Food and Agricultural Organization; Organisation for Animal Health (OIE); United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

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Saving children's lives – treating neonatal sepsis

20 November 2020 | 10:30-12:00 (CET)

Organizer: GARDP; World Health Organization (WHO)

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#EndTB: Overcoming the drug resistant TB crisis in children and adolescents

20 November 2020 | 11:00-13:00 (CET)

Organizer: Global Tuberculosis (TB) Programme (GTB), WHO

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One Health Action to Preserve Antibiotics

20 November 2020 | 11:30-13:00 (CET)

Organizer: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)

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Global AMR Youth Summit

20 November 2020 | 14:00-15:00 (CET)

Organizer: World Healthcare Students’ Alliance

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Addressing HIV drug resistance to protect the effectiveness of HIV treatment

20 November 2020 | 14:00-15:30 (CET)

Organizer: Department of Global HIV, Hepatitis and STI Programmes, WHO

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Understanding and changing behavior to combat AMR - health professionals

20 November 2020 | 14:30-17:20 (CET)

Organizer: Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Florida International University (FIU)

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Launch of the One Health Global Leaders Group on AMR

20 November 2020 | 15:00 (CET)

Organizer: World Health Organization (WHO)

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21 November 2020, Saturday

AMR and Antibiotics misuse and overuse

21 November 2020 | 9:00-9:15 (CET)

Organizer: WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean

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Twitter chat on AMR in the African context: How can we improve awareness for antimicrobial resistance in Africa

21 November 2020 | 17:30-18:30 (CET)

Organizers: African Union (AU); WHO Regional Office for Africa AFRO); Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (ACDC); Food and Agricultural Organization; Organisation for Animal Health (OIE); United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

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22 November 2020, Sunday

Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and Tuberculosis (TB)

22 November 2020 | 9:00-9:15 (CET)

Organizer: WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (EMRO)

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Facebook live session: AMR & COVID-19

22 November 2020 | 11:00-12:00 (CET)

Organizer: WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (EMRO); WHO

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Global AMR Youth Summit

22 November 2020 | 17:00-18:00 (CET)

Organizer: World Healthcare Students’ Alliance

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23 November 2020, Monday

Antimicrobial Resitance (AMR) and HIV/AIDS

23 November 2020 | 9:00-9:15 (CET)

Organizer: WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (EMRO)

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The Role of Civil Society and Grass Roots Organizations

23 November 2020 | 10:00-12:00 (CET)

Organizers: African Union (AU); WHO Regional Office for Africa AFRO); Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (ACDC); Food and Agricultural Organization; Organisation for Animal Health (OIE); United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

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Regulatory Inspection of Antimicrobial Medicines: Prevention and Control of Antimicrobial Resistance

23 November 2020 | 12:00-15:00 (CET)

Organizer: WHO Regional Office for Africa (AFRO)

Training Workshop

Strengthening the One Health approach through new actions and partnership to coordinate the AMR effort in the European region

23 November 2020 | 11:00-12:30 (CET)

Organizer: WHO Regional Office for Europe (EURO)

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Webinar on STI and AMR: Innovations to Address Antimicrobial Resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae

23 November 2020 | 14:00-15:30 (CET)

Organizer: Global HIV, Hepatitis and STIs Programmes, WHO; FIND; GARDP

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Scientific popularization through videos: Examples of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and research on COVID

23 November 2020 | 14:00-15:30 (CET)

Organizer: World Health Organization (WHO)

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Panel discussion organised by Group of Friends on AMR

23 November 2020 | 15:00-16:30 (CET)

Organizer: Co-chairs of the Group of Friends of AMR, WHO, UN Foundation

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WHO Essential Medicines List (EML) new Antibiotic User Guide – Selecting the right drug, dose and duration for community and hospital infections – being AWaRe!

23 November 2020 | 15:30-17:00 (CET)

Organizer: Department of Health Product Policy and Standards, WHO

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24 November 2020, Tuesday

"United to preserve antimicrobials" across the Asia-Pacific Region

24 November 2020 | 08:00-09:30 (CET)

Organizer: Asia-Pacific Tripartite (FAO, OIE, WHO); UNEP

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AMR as part of training curricular for students

24 November 2020 | 10:00-12:00 (CET)

Organizer: African Union (AU); WHO Regional Office for Africa AFRO); Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (ACDC); Food and Agricultural Organization; Organisation for Animal Health (OIE); United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

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Live Session: AMR and communicable diseases (HIV/AIDS, Malaria, TB)

24 November 2020 | 11:00-12:00 (CET)

Organizer: WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (EMRO)

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Facebook Live with WHO Assistant Director General - Dr Hanan Balkhy

24 November 2020 | 16:00-16:30 CET

Organizer: World Health Organization (WHO)

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EU Online Infopoint: Stemming the tide of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR): Investing in a One Health approach

24 November 2020 | 14:00-15:30 (CET)

Organizer: European Union; The Tripartite

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Neglected Tropical Diseases and One Health: gearing-up against antimicrobial resistance to secure safety of future generations

24 November 2020 | 14:00-16:00 (CET)

Organizers: Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, WHO; Department of Global Coordination and Partnership (GCP) on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), WHO

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