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About AMR

The usage of antimicrobials causes bacteria or pathogens to change over time and makes antimicrobial pharmaceuticals less effective. This process is called antimicrobial resistance (AMR).

When AMR infections occur and antimicrobials become ineffective, these infections can in the worst cases be fatal. In Japan and overseas, more and more microbes are developing AMR. If the current situation continues unabated, the annual number of deaths due to AMR infections is projected to increase to about 10 million people globally by 2050.

HGPI issued calls for action on this issue and AMR Alliance Japan was established in November 2018 with the goal of driving discussions and promoting policies for AMR with representatives from industry, Government, academia, and civil society. In its role as secretariat of AMR Alliance Japan, HGPI works to formulate policy recommendations and to see those recommendations implemented.

[Event Report] Making the ‘Silent Pandemic’ of AMR Heard: What Countries Leading the Charge Against AMR are Doing to Ensure their Populations are Protected (April 28, 2022)
2022-11-28

[Event Report] Making the ‘Silent Pandemic’ of AMR Heard: What Countries Leading the Cha ...>>

[Event Report] Non-partisan Diet Member study session: “Urgent Topics in Antimicrobial Resistance: Understanding the Threat of a Silent Pandemic” (November 18, 2022)
2022-11-22

[Event Report] Non-partisan Diet Member study session: “Urgent Topics in Antimicrobial R ...>>

[Lecture Report] France Japan Co-operation on Health in Africa and Indo-pacific Regions (Pasteur Japan Symposium 2022, November 4, 2022)
2022-11-15

[Lecture Report] France Japan Co-operation on Health in Africa and Indo-pacific Regions ...>>

[Upcoming Event] The 9th NIKKEI FT Communicable Diseases Conference – Tokyo Statement 2022 (November 15-16, 2022)
2022-11-14

[Upcoming Event] The 9th NIKKEI FT Communicable Diseases Conference – Tokyo Statem ...>>

[Recommendations] AMR Alliance Japan Delivered Policy Recommendations on AMR to Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare Katsunobu Kato and Minister of Foreign Affairs Yoshimasa Hayashi（November 10, 2022）
2022-11-10

[Recommendations] AMR Alliance Japan Delivered Policy Recommendations on AMR to Minister ...>>

[Recommendations] Recommendations for the G7 Hiroshima Summit in 2023 Necessary Actions for AMR Control, Starting with the Introduction of Pull Incentives (August 29, 2022)
2022-11-10

[Recommendations] Recommendations for the G7 Hiroshima Summit in 2023 Necessary Actions ...>>

[Activity Report] Himeji City releases a guidebook on acute illness in children including pages on AMR (August 31, 2022)
2022-11-04

[Activity Report] Himeji City releases a guidebook on acute illness in children includin ...>>

[Activity Repor] The Joint Review Committee of Seven Academic Societies for the Promotion of Infectious Disease Therapy and Drug Discovery releases recommendations entitled, “The Need for a System that Allows Continued Research and Development of Therapeutic Agents, Vaccines, and Tests for Pandemics and Silent Pandemics: Background and Objectives.” (August 2, 2022)
2022-11-02

[Activity Repor] The Joint Review Committee of Seven Academic Societies for the Promotio ...>>

[Activity Report] AMR Alliance Japan participates as a cooperating member in the Joint Review Committee of Seven Academic Societies for the Promotion of Infectious Disease Therapy and Drug Discovery (July 15, 2022)
2022-11-02

[Activity Report] AMR Alliance Japan participates as a cooperating member in the Joint R ...>>

[In the Media] “Japan must face up to growing danger of drug-resistant germs” (NIKKEI ASIA, October 12, 2022)
2022-10-17

[In the Media] “Japan must face up to growing danger of drug-resistant germs” (NIKKEI AS ...>>

[Event Report] Denmark-Japan Expert Roundtable “Combating Together against Silent Pandemic: AMR” (August 31, 2022)
2022-10-05

[Event Report] Denmark-Japan Expert Roundtable “Combating Together against Silent Pandem ...>>

[Research Report] Survey to Identify Key Messages for Public Understanding of the Threat of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)(August 25, 2022)
2022-08-26

[Research Report] Survey to Identify Key Messages for Public Understanding of the Threat ...>>

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