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Dear member,
Here you have some information that may be of interest to you:
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A PANDEMIC TREATY, REVISED INTERNATIONAL HEALTH REGULATIONS, OR BOTH?
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Several members of th Network,
Ronald Labonté, Mary Wiktorowicz, Corinne Packer, Arne Ruckert, Kumanan Wilson
and Sam Halabi, have just published an article in
Globalization and Health on the best international instrument for pandemic preparedness.
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As you probably know, World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW) is celebrated annually on November 18-24 and the slogan
for 2021 is “Spread awareness, stop resistance”. To mark this year’s WAAW and to continue to bring awareness and attention to antimicrobial resistance (AMR) as an important global public
health issue, the Public Health Agency of Canada and Health Canada are co-hosting a series of webinars:
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November 18 – 1:00-2:00 PM EST: The impact of COVID-19 on the rate
of infectious disease and antibiotic prescribing in Ontario [Register here]
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November 19 – 12:00-3:00 PM EST: Health Canada Health Products and
Food Branch Two-Part Series [Register here]
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Session 1: Exploring the landscape of innovative approaches and products to combat AMR
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Session 2: One Health and AMR: Understanding the foodborne pathway
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November 22 – 2:30-3:30 PM EST: An Evaluation of One Health Surveillance
of Antimicrobial Resistance: Have We Moved the Needle? [Register here]
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November 24 – 1:00-2:00 PM EST
: Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program (CNISP) Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Trends in Canadian Acute Care Hospitals [Register
here]
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November 25 – 12:30 – 3:00 PM EST: Collaborative efforts to address
AMR in the agri-food context [Register here]
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CANADIAN CONFERENCE ON GLOBAL HEALTH
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Hélène Carabin, G1HN's co-leader, will participate as plenary speaker in the Canadian
Conference on Global Health organized by the Canadian Association for Global Health, 24-26 November, 2021 in Ottawa and on-line.
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Remember we are hosting our fisrt Fall 2021 Webinar next week, November 17 at 12:30h (EST).
Don't miss it!
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if you have
any information that you would like to be shared within our network or in our website/Twitter/Youtube contact the KT coordinator ([log in to unmask])
or the Network coordinator ([log in to unmask])
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