Our AMR Policy Accelerator Link team, Fiona Emdin Link (Dahdaleh Research Fellow), Clare McGall Link (Policy Advisor), and Suzanne Naro Link (Policy Advisor) had a wonderful time attending the 2024 Western Canada One Health Antimicrobial Stewardship Conference!   This conference was a great opportunity for them to meet with people working in AMR across the sectors. […]

The Global Strategy Lab’s Co-Director, Mathieu Poirier, was recently featured in a CBC story addressing the urgent need for action to tackle the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). In the article, Dr. Poirier emphasized the importance of preventing infections through improved access to safe water and sanitation, increasing vaccination rates, and using antibiotics responsibly […]

From September 24-26th GSL’s Director Mathieu Poirier and Director of Global Engagement Julia Bishop attended UN General Assembly side events and the High-level Meeting on AMR in New York City. The High-level Meeting has been widely seen as a critical agenda-setting moment for coordinated global response to AMR. In the months leading up to the […]

In a recent Radio Canada interview, GSL Research Director of Public Health Institutions, Patrick Fafard Link , discussed the significance of the upcoming Francophonie meeting, pointing to Canada and France’s long-standing roles within it. Patrick highlighted the meeting’s focus on artificial intelligence, as Canada prepares for its G7 presidency in 2025. Fafard also addressed the […]

From September 20-23, 2024, the World One Health Congress (WOHC) took place in Cape Town, focusing on major One Health challenges, especially from a One Health science and policy through an African lens.

From September 17-18, the AMR Policy Accelerator team facilitated the first Smart Choice Process (SCP) workshop in Rwanda, the country of a thousand hills. This workshop, developed by the AMR Policy Accelerator, is an effective process to rank and prioritize interventions to develop or update a country’s national action plan (NAP) on AMR.  In collaboration […]

To support policymakers in making their national action plans on AMR more gender-responsive, the World Health Organization, with support from the Global Strategy Lab, has developed a guidance document including 20 evidence-informed recommendations. These recommendations are based on a review of the existing scientific evidence and input from AMR and gender experts.  Key findings from […]

On September 11, the Global Strategy Lab and South Centre held a webinar to discuss design principles for a successful scientific panel. AMR and climate change experts explored what a scientific panel on AMR could mean for low- and middle-income countries and those advocating for an evidence-informed approach to AMR policymaking. 

The Bellagio Group for Accelerating Action on AMR Link met in April 2024 to design and develop the 1-10-100 unifying goals, a groundbreaking initiative aimed at driving global efforts to address antimicrobial resistance (AMR). These ambitious yet achievable goals are designed to drive global policy change and investments for AMR mitigation: 1 Health; 10 million […]

The Global Strategy Lab’s Global Legal Epidemiology team is proud to announce a major achievement: a $1.13 million CIHR grant.