• Overview

Date: 07 February 2023

Time:10:30 AM – 11:00 AM (AST)

Venue: Virtual online event. Watch the live stream below.

On the side-lines of the Sixth Meeting of the Global Leaders Group on Antimicrobial Resistance, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) will officially launch its spotlight report Bracing for Superbugs: strengthening environmental action in the One Health response to antimicrobial resistance, at a virtual press conference, in Bridgetown, Barbados, on Tuesday, 7 February 2023 at 10:30 am AST/5:30 pm EAT/3:30 pm CET/9:30 am EST.

Speakers and panelists:

  • H.E. Mia Amor Mottley, Prime Minister, Barbados, and Chair of the Global Leaders Group on Antimicrobial Resistance
  • Ms. Inger Andersen, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme
  • Dr. Haileyesus Getahun, Director Global Antimicrobial Resistance Coordination & Quadripartite, World Health Organization
  • Dr. Amy Pruden, co-lead author of the spotlight report

To receive the full report and press release under strict embargo ahead of the launch and to request interviews under embargo, please contact the UNEP Newsdesk (unep-newsdesk@un.org