Following the first in-person meeting that was hosted by Global Leaders Group (GLG) Chair, Her Excellency Mia Amor Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados in February 2023, the GLG will be holding a second in-person meeting on 6 and 7 May 2024 in Sweden. 

The ninth meeting of the GLG is hosted by Mr Jakob Forssmed, Minister for Social Affairs and Public Health and will be attended by members of the GLG and Quadripartite principals both in-person and virtually. The GLG is comprised of world leaders and experts from across sectors working together to accelerate political action on AMR based on the One Health approach and achieve optimal and sustainable health outcomes for people, animals and ecosystems. 

The GLG works across six priority areas: 1) Sustained political action on AMR; 2) Transforming human health, animal health, food, plant and environmental ecosystems with a focus on infection prevention and control and responsible use; 3) Advocacy for improved surveillance and monitoring of antimicrobial use and resistance across sectors, including to guide target-setting and interventions and assess their impacts; 4) Increased mobilization of internal and external financial resources, especially for national action plan implementation in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs); 5) Innovation across sectors to secure a sustainable pipeline of antimicrobials (particularly antibiotics), vaccines, diagnostics, waste management tools, and safe and effective alternatives to antimicrobials, and ensure equitable access to these products; and 6) Advocating for evidence-based action to address environmental aspects of AMR.

The Quadripartite Joint Secretariat (QJS) on Antimicrobial Resistance, a joint effort by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) provide secretariat support for the Group.

At the meeting, the GLG will discuss key AMR topics, including addressing AMR by reducing antimicrobial use and strengthening animal health and agri-food systems. The GLG will discuss the UN General Assembly High-level meeting on AMR taking place on 26 September 2024 and how the recommendations in the GLG report: Towards specific commitments and action in the response to antimicrobial resistance can inform the UN Member State negotiations of the high-level meeting outcome document.

A formal meeting report discussing meeting outcomes will be available on the GLG website after the meeting takes place.

Following the first in-person meeting that was hosted by Global Leaders Group (GLG) Chair, Her Excellency Mia Amor Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados in February 2023, the GLG will be holding a second in-person meeting on 6 and 7 May 2024 in Sweden. 

The ninth meeting of the GLG is hosted by Mr Jakob Forssmed, Minister for Social Affairs and Public Health and will be attended by members of the GLG and Quadripartite principals both in-person and virtually. The GLG is comprised of world leaders and experts from across sectors working together to accelerate political action on AMR based on the One Health approach and achieve optimal and sustainable health outcomes for people, animals and ecosystems. 

The GLG works across six priority areas: 1) Sustained political action on AMR; 2) Transforming human health, animal health, food, plant and environmental ecosystems with a focus on infection prevention and control and responsible use; 3) Advocacy for improved surveillance and monitoring of antimicrobial use and resistance across sectors, including to guide target-setting and interventions and assess their impacts; 4) Increased mobilization of internal and external financial resources, especially for national action plan implementation in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs); 5) Innovation across sectors to secure a sustainable pipeline of antimicrobials (particularly antibiotics), vaccines, diagnostics, waste management tools, and safe and effective alternatives to antimicrobials, and ensure equitable access to these products; and 6) Advocating for evidence-based action to address environmental aspects of AMR.

The Quadripartite Joint Secretariat (QJS) on Antimicrobial Resistance, a joint effort by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) provide secretariat support for the Group.

At the meeting, the GLG will discuss key AMR topics, including addressing AMR by reducing antimicrobial use and strengthening animal health and agri-food systems. The GLG will discuss the UN General Assembly High-level meeting on AMR taking place on 26 September 2024 and how the recommendations in the GLG report: Towards specific commitments and action in the response to antimicrobial resistance can inform the UN Member State negotiations of the high-level meeting outcome document.

A formal meeting report discussing meeting outcomes will be available on the GLG website after the meeting takes place.