Managing Antimicrobial Resistance Through Behaviour Change

Managing Antimicrobial Resistance through Behaviour Change

We thank all our participants for your valuable contributions at the summit and hope you continue the conversation online using  #UaHS2021. A post-conference report is currently prepared.

Presentations at our summit

Here you can view the plenary presentations from our summit. The presentations from the workshops will be available here shortly.

Session 1: Setting the Scene

  • Keynote Address by Professor Otto Cars, Uppsala Universitet, Founder of ReAct

  • Keynote Address by Dr Keith Sumption, Chief Veterinary Officer FAO

  • Keynote Address by Dr Dame Sally Davies, Professor, UK Special Envoy on Antimicrobial Resistance

Session 2: Addressing AMR in a social, economic, and political context - approaches in research and action

  • Dr. Franck Cesar Berthe, World Bank, How to address the misuse and lack of access in low-income countries

  • Lena Hallengren, Minister of Social Affairs, Sweden

Session 3: The role of vaccines in drug resistance - adressing myths, misconceptions and opportunities for behaviour change

  • Dr. Michel Dione, ILRI: Behavioral obstacles to vaccinations in livestock – examples from Sub-Saharan Africa

  • Professor Julie Leask, University of Sydney "How to improve vaccination rates using behavioural science"

Session 4: Plenary Session 4: Improving Communications for Antimicrobial Resistance

  • Sian Williams, Wellcome Trust: Reframing Resistance

  • Dr Hathairat Kosiyaporn, Ministry of Health, Thailand

  • Sue Walker, University of Reading: Designing to Make a Difference

The Behavioral Perspective: Professor Cass Sunstein and Professor Eldar Shafir

  • Professor Cass Sunstein, Harvard University: A Feast Framework for Change

  • Professor Eldar Shafir, Princeton University. Some Comments from a Behavioural Perspective

Closing Remarks: The Road Ahead

  • Dr. Hanan Balkhy, Assistant Director General for AMR, WHO

  • Professor Stefan Swartling Peterson, Uppsala universitet, Karolinska Institutet and Advisor to Unicef

PRE-CONFERENCE REPORT 2021

This report, Managing Antimicrobial Resistance Through Behaviour Change, prepared by our programme comittee, provides a summary of the overall theme and outlines the background to each workshop at upcoming the Managing Antimicrobial Resistance Through Behavior Change Summit. 

Last modified: 2021-04-23
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