The Action on Antibiotic Resistance (ReAct ) Africa hosted by the Ecumenical Pharmaceutical Network (EPN) – Kenya together with the South Centre, Wellcome Trust and MedsWeCanTrust will be hosting the ReAct Africa’s 6th Annual Conference from 23rdto 25th July 2019 at Four Points by Sheraton Airport hotel, Nairobi in Kenya.
Theme
The theme of this conference is; Achieving Universal Health Coverage while addressing Antimicrobial Resistance.
It will focus on ways of achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) agenda at the same time. It will look at how addressing AMR is a path to attaining UHC and what country programs can be leveraged on
It will convene high-level policymakers from the health (AMR and UHC), AMR experts, as well as civil society representatives from many African countries and intergovernmental agencies.
Conference sub-themes
- Addressing AMR is a pathway to achieving UHC.
- With limited resources at country level to address many competing priorities and agendas how can countries prioritize to address the AMR National Action Plans while addressing the UHC agenda?
Conference inputs
Expected outcomes
Learn from the 2018 Conference
Sixty Seven (67) from 22 African countries convened for ReAct Africa and South Centre conference 2018 in November 2018. Drawn from human health, animal health, agriculture, and environment sectors, the participants held discussions on the theme “Combating Antimicrobial Resistance in Africa to Achieve the 2030 Agenda”.
The discussions focused on the link between Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and AMR and how the failure to address AMR would impact the attainment of the 2030 Agenda. Resultantly, participants identified successes, challenges, and recommendations for the implementation of National Action Plans (NAPs) on AMR in relation to SDGs and One Health.
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