AMR Alliance Japan (Secretariat: Health and Global Policy Institute (HGPI)) held The Sixth Meeting of the AMR Consortium of the Nikkei FT Communicable Diseases Conference Asia Africa Medical Innovation Consortium (AMIC).

At this Sixth meeting, participants from the public and private sectors discussed advocacy activities with policymakers and future activities.

In light of the situation with the novel coronavirus, this meeting was carried out primarily online. On-site participants were encouraged to keep a safe physical distance from each other.

Please access our policy recommendations “Strengthening AMR Countermeasures to Respond to Health Crises Recommendations to the Japanese Government on Establishing a Pull Incentive System for the Antimicrobial Market: Creating an Ecosystem for Sustainable Antimicrobial Development to Protect the Lives of the Public Executive Summary”  here

■Overview

Date: Wednesday, July 7, 2021
Organizer: AMR Alliance Japan (Secretariat: Health and Global Policy Institute)

■Program

Greetings and Opening Remarks
Ryoji Noritake (CEO, Board Member, Health and Global Policy Institute (AMR Alliance Japan Secretariat))

Report on Advocacy Activities
Matt McEnany (Senior Manager, Health and Global Policy Institute)

Report on Plans for the 8th Nikkei FT Communicable Diseases Conference
Mio Wakasa (Nikkei FT Communicable Diseases Conference, Nikkei Inc.)

Discussion

• Efforts to collate data around AMR in Japan
  • Current status of quantitative data creation, future considerations and feasibility
  • Current status of qualitative data creation, future considerations and feasibility
• Initiatives to promote educational and learning activities
  • Identifying messages critical to communicating the threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
• Future approaches to Japan’s legislature and executive branch
  • Changes in the situation surrounding AMR and utilization of existing recommendations

Facilitator: 
Yui Kohno (AMR Alliance Japan Secretariat / Associate, Health and Global Policy Institute)

■Related events held as part of the “The Sub-committee on AMR of the Nikkei Asia Africa Conference on Communicable Diseases – Asia Africa Medical Innovation Consortium (AMIC)” project in and after FY2019 (chronological order)

January 22, 2020 The First Sub-committee on AMR of the Nikkei Asia Africa Conference on Communicable Diseases – Asia Africa Medical Innovation Consortium (AMIC)
March 11, 2020 The First Meeting of Working Group 1 Under the Sub-committee on AMR of the Nikkei Asia Africa Conference on Communicable Diseases – Asia Africa Medical Innovation Consortium (AMIC)
March 19, 2020 The Second Meeting of Working Group 1 Under the Sub-committee on AMR of the Nikkei Asia Africa Conference on Communicable Diseases – Asia Africa Medical Innovation Consortium (AMIC)
March 24, 2020 The First Meeting of Working Group 2 Under the Sub-committee on AMR of the Nikkei Asia Africa Conference on Communicable Diseases – Asia Africa Medical Innovation Consortium (AMIC)
April 27, 2020 The Second Sub-committee on AMR of the Nikkei Asia Africa Conference on Communicable Diseases – Asia Africa Medical Innovation Consortium (AMIC)
July 17, 2020 The Third Meeting of Working Group 1 Under the Sub-committee on AMR of the Nikkei Asia Africa Conference on Communicable Diseases – Asia Africa Medical Innovation Consortium (AMIC)
August 18, 2020 The Second Meeting of Working Group 2 Under the Sub-committee on AMR of the Nikkei Asia Africa Conference on Communicable Diseases – Asia Africa Medical Innovation Consortium (AMIC)
August 27, 2020 The Fourth Meeting of Working Group 1 Under the Sub-committee on AMR of the Nikkei Asia Africa Conference on Communicable Diseases – Asia Africa Medical Innovation Consortium (AMIC)
September 14, 2020 The First Meeting of Working Group 3 Under the Sub-committee on AMR of the Nikkei Asia Africa Conference on Communicable Diseases – Asia Africa Medical Innovation Consortium (AMIC)
September 23, 2020 The Third Sub-committee on AMR of the Nikkei Asia Africa Conference on Communicable Diseases – Asia Africa Medical Innovation Consortium (AMIC)
October 7, 2020 The Fifth Meeting of Working Group 1 Under the Sub-committee on AMR of the Nikkei Asia Africa Conference on Communicable Diseases – Asia Africa Medical Innovation Consortium (AMIC)
October 8, 2020 The Third Meeting of Working Group 2 Under the Sub-committee on AMR of the Nikkei Asia Africa Conference on Communicable Diseases – Asia Africa Medical Innovation Consortium (AMIC) 
November 7, 2020 The 7th NIKKEI FT Communicable Diseases Conference – The AMR Consortium of the Asia Africa Medical Innovation Consortium (AMIC)
December 14, 2020 The Fourth Meeting of the AMR Consortium of the Nikkei FT Communicable Diseases Conference Asia Africa Medical Innovation Consortium (AMIC)
March 12, 2021 The Fifth Meeting of the AMR Consortium of the Nikkei FT Communicable Diseases Conference Asia Africa Medical Innovation Consortium (AMIC)
June 30, 2021 The Fourth Meeting of Working Group 2 Under the Sub-committee on AMR of the Nikkei Asia Africa Conference on Communicable Diseases – Asia Africa Medical Innovation Consortium (AMIC)