Health and Global Policy Institute has established the “AMR Alliance Japan” in cooperation with eight academic societies* and other organizations from civil society and the private sector. The launch event was featured on Japanese online news outlets, on the following links:

■ BuzzFeed News (November 9, 2018)
“Overuse of antibiotics kills 700,000 people every year – Freshly established alliance of experts on AMR in Japan declares: “The public must know how to properly use antibiotics.””

■Yakuji Nippo (November 12, 2018)
“Eight academic societies and other organizations from civil society and the private sector establish “AMR Alliance Japan” to promote measures against antimicrobial resistance.”  

(Articles are in Japanese)

* Japanese Society of Chemotherapy, The Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases, The Japanese Society for Clinical Microbiology, Japanese Society for Infection Prevention and Control, The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan, Japanese Society of Pharmaceutical Healthcare and Sciences, The Japanese Society of Therapeutic Drug Monitoring, The Japanese Society for Medical Mycology