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July 2021
Balancing access to and stewardship of antimicrobials in LMICs
As of July 2021, GARDP will be launching a new series of webinars: AMR Discussions. In the first of these, the question will be addressed of how to balance equitable access to antibiotics with the lack of stewardship of these life-saving drugs in LMICs. Philip Howard will moderate this webinar in which Direk Limmathurotsakul, Souha S. Kanj and Sujith J. Chandy will discuss this. Register here for this live webinar: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4888014596556963341?source=ENABLE Speakers: Direk Limmathurotsakul, Head of Microbiology at Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine…
Find out more »31st ECCMID
The 31st European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) will take place online from 9 – 12 July 2021. This is the first time the event will take place in summer in a completely online format. ECCMID, the world’s premier Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases event, brings together experts from relevant fields to present the latest findings and developments and share their expertise. The programme committee has developed a multi-faceted programme to incorporate all of the exciting educational…
Find out more »REVIVE webinar: Discovering and developing new treatments for fungal infections
Register here: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/1374429533352058896?source=ENABLE Speakers: Tejas Bouklas, Assistant Professor, The State University of New York College at Old Westbury, USA Maurizio Del Poeta, Distinguished Professor, The State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA Moderator: Marnie L. Peterson, Outreach Coordinator, Antimicrobial Stewardship, CIDRAP, USA Read on: In the 'Antimicrobial Viewpoints' series, experts of different aspects of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) are invited to share their knowledge and opinions about the current status and the future challenges of this field. The latest articles can…
Find out more »August 2021
5th AMR Conference
Each day will offer an AMR briefing session in the afternoon (starting at 2pm CET) on a dedicated topic, including live speakers, high-level panel discussions, and interactive exchange with the audience.
Find out more »September 2021
Combination antibiotic therapy against drug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria: where the evidence stands
Speakers: Evelina Tacconelli, Director of the Infectious Diseases Unit, Verona University Hospital and Head of Infectious Disease, Department of Diagnostic and Public Health, University of Verona, Italy Moderator: Gavin Barlow, Senior Clinical Lecturer in Infection, Hull York Medical School, UK Date and time: 8 September 2021, 09:30-11:00 CEST. Find more time zones here. Register here for this live webinar: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8489381371849792268?source=partners
Find out more »Antimicrobial Resistance – Breakthrough Innovation and Breaking Barriers
As multi-drug resistant bacteria become increasingly threatening to global public health and existing antibiotics are becoming ineffective, the global community of public and private organizations and life science innovators are rallying around the Antimicrobial Resistance challenge. Johnson & Johnson Innovation has lined up leading experts in the field to share their views on the challenges surrounding this global health threat and the potential solutions. Join the discussion as thought leaders share their views on the challenges surrounding this global health…
Find out more »2nd IMI AMR Accelerator Annual Meeting
The 2nd Annual meeting for the Cross-IMI AMR Accelerator community was held online on 28 September 2021 and brought together >160 members of the 8 AMR Accelerator projects. After an introduction by COMBINE, a round of project updates was organised with an official introduction of the newest project, UNITE4TB. Martin Boeree, UNITE4TB Project Coordinator, presented the project partners and objectives of the project, and explained the unique concept behind the UNITE4TB project: the integration of the most innovative TB compounds…
Find out more »October 2021
RSTMH Annual Meeting 2021 – drug resistant infections: causes, consequences and considerations
Our 2021 Annual Meeting will bring together RSTMH members and supporters from around the world to share knowledge from the forefront of the fight against drug resistant infections and encourage new connections and collaborations. This meeting will cover a wide range of topics within the drug resistant infection (DRIs) space, including: analysis of the drivers of AMR antimicrobial resistance surveillance antimicrobial stewardship implementation antimicrobial usage monitoring in agricultural settings considerations for successful AMR policy implementation sessions will take the form…
Find out more »52nd Union World Conference on Lung Health
The Union is pleased to announce that the 52nd Union World Conference on Lung Health will take place virtually from 19-22 October 2021. Meeting under the theme Lung Health for All: Solutions for a New Era, this conference will see participants joining an innovative and interactive global virtual event, with new science, research, policy and networking on lung health.
Find out more »REVIVE Series: Biofilms – What are they and why do we care?
The next REVIVE webinar featuring speakers Mark Webber and Freya Harrison will be discussing biofilms, and why they are important in addressing antimicrobial resistance. To join the webinar, please register via this link to the event website. Title: Biofilms: What are they and why do we care? Speakers: Mark Webber, Group Leader, Quadram Institute, UK Freya Harrison, Principal Investigator, School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, UK Date and time: 21 October 2021, 17:00-18:30 CEST. Find more time zones here.
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