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Antimicrobial resistance
Fight against AMR: Transatlantic Taskforce to meet on 14 and 15 September

On 14 and 15 September, the Transatlantic Taskforce on Antimicrobial Resistance (TATFAR) will have its Conference, hosted by the European Commission, to strengthen partnerships in the fight against AMR. The meeting, to be held virtually and webstreamed on Day 1 will bring together over 250 representatives and facilitators from the EU, USA, Canada, Norway and the United Kingdom, along with the WHO, and other partners from academia, industry, and non-governmental organisations. EU Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Stella Kyriakides will open the meeting, with formal addresses expected from senior officials from the U.S., Norway and UK. Prof. Lothar Wieler, President of the German Robert Koch Institute and member of the AMR Global Leaders Group, will deliver a keynote address.

The agenda will cover:

  • Progress of TATFAR and achievements in addressing AMR
  • Endorsement of the new TATFAR work plan 2021-2026
  • Discussion on the place of TATFAR in the landscape of international initiatives to combat AMR

TATFAR strives to incorporate a One Health approach to all of its work and the collaboration, at the expert level, aims to enhance synergy and communication, as well as strengthening domestic and global efforts. Over its past work, TATFAR has created unique collaborations between government agencies to achieve common goals, provided experience and examples to help create successful AMR policies. It has also enabled coordination of research and development of new pharmaceuticals, new diagnostic tests, and clinical trials. TATFAR has supported drug development programs collaboratively to meet Canada, EU, and U.S. regulatory requirements more efficiently and published papers summarizing economic incentives for antibacterial drug development. TATFAR is co-chaired by the EU and U.S., currently by John F. Ryan, Director for Public Health in Directorate-General Health and Food Safety of the European Commission and by Larry Kerr, Director of Pandemics and Emerging Threats Office within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Discussions from this year’s meeting will help finalise the work plan for the next TATFAR implementation period (2021-2026).

The first day meeting will be available live on-line. The second day is a closed-day meeting for TATFAR collaborators, with the endorsement of the new work plan.

Background

Created as part of the 2009 U.S.–EU Summit Declaration, the Transatlantic Taskforce on Antimicrobial Resistance (TATFAR) brings together technical experts from the European Union (EU), the United States, Norway, Canada and the United Kingdom to collaborate and share best practices that strengthen domestic and global efforts in four Key Areas:

  1. Appropriate antimicrobial use in human and veterinary medicine
  2. Surveillance and prevention of antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
  3. Strategies to improve financial incentives, access, research, and development of antimicrobial drugs, diagnostics, and alternatives
  4. Cross-cutting actions to improve awareness about AMR and appropriate use of antibiotics, and to disseminate information from TATFAR

In May 2014, the taskforce released its first report summarizing the progress and outcomes of implementation from the 17 original activities. TATFAR will be releasing a new progress report on achievements during the last implementation period (2016-2020) at the Conference.

In 2015, Canada and Norway were invited to become members. In 2021, UK was added to the membership.

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