Indian Initiative for Management of Antibiotic Resistance (IIMAR)

Join the Indian Initiative for Management of Antibiotic Resistance -IIMAR

Indian Initiative for Management of Antibiotic Resistance -IIMAR was formed in MARCH 2008 to promote prudent use of antibiotics so as to reduce the possibility of spread of antibiotic resistance. All are requested to join IIMAR to promote this noble cause by sending email to antibio.resistance@gmail.com. IIMAR has no membership fee. Help in any possible way -information, suggestions, notices of events, donations- will be accepted, you can mention so in your email. We will inform you how to do it. we look forward to Network with all similar organisations such as Action on Antibiotic Resistance-(ReAct) & ReAct Latin America, Global Antibiotic Resistance Initiative launched in USA with focus on India, A campaign against antibiotic misuse in Britain

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Friday, September 3, 2010

International conference at Uppsala University, Sweden

``The Global Need for Effective Antibiotics - Moving towards Concerted Action``
You are welcome to watch here the webcast of the opening session on Monday, September 6th starting at 13.00 CET.
13:00 – 13:15:

Uppsala Choir School, Conductor: Gunnel Haulin
Introduction by Conference Moderator Niklas Ekdal
13:15 – 13:40:

Welcome Addresses
Anders Hallberg, President, Uppsala University
H.R.H. Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden
Karin Johansson, State Secretary of Health, Sweden
Andreas Heddini, Executive Director, ReAct
13:40 – 14:10

Setting the Scene: The Global Picture of Antibiotic Resistance
Otto Cars, Professor, Chairman of ReAct, Sweden
Zulfiqar Bhutta, Professor and Department Chair, Aga Khan University, Pakistan
14:10 – 14:25

Reflections from a Global Perspective
Guénaël Rodier, Director, Division of Communicable Diseases, Health Security, & Environment, World Health Organization, Regional Office forEurope