Global Leaders Group on Antimicrobial Resistance

Global Leaders Group on Antimicrobial Resistance

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Global Leaders Working Together for Political Action on Antimicrobial Resistance

The world is in a race against antimicrobial resistance (AMR) that we cannot afford to lose. The Global Leaders Group on Antimicrobial Resistance is working to accelerate political momentum, leadership and action on AMR.

 

    Chair

    H.E. Mia Amor Mottley

    Prime Minister, Minister of Finance, Economic Affairs and Investment, Minister of National Security and the Civil Service, BARBADOS

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    Members

    Dr Ahmed Mohammed Obaid Al Saidi

    Former Minister of Health, SULTANATE OF OMAN

    Ms Beatrice Atim Odwong Anywar

    Minister of State for Environment, UGANDA

    Ms Anahit Avanesyan

    Minister of Health, Republic of ARMENIA

    Prof C.O. Onyebuchi Chukwu

    Former Minister of Health, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu Alike, NIGERIA

    Dr Guilherme Costa

    Federal Agricultural Auditor at the Secretariat of Trade and International Relations, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, BRAZIL

    Dr Mekdes Daba

    Minister of Health, Federal Democratic Republic of ETHIOPIA

    Prof Dame Sally Davies

    UK Special Envoy on Antimicrobial Resistance, UNITED KINGDOM

    Dr Jamie Jonker

    Chief Science officer for the National Milk Producers Federation USA

    Prof Dr Ernst Kuipers

    Former Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport, NETHERLANDS

    Mr Fernando Lugris

    Ambassador of the Oriental Republic of URUGUAY

    Ms Ummy Mwalimu

    Member of Parliament and former Minister of Health United Republic of TANZANIA

    Ms Sunita Narain

    Director-General, Centre for Science and Environment, INDIA

    Dr Maria Panayiotou

    Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment Republic of CYPRUS

    Mr Yasuhisa Shiozaki

    Former Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, Member of the House of Representatives, JAPAN

    Prof Lothar H. Wieler

    Coordinator of the Digital Health Cluster, Hasso Plattner Institute and Prof of Digital Global Public Health, GERMANY

    Ms Jennifer Zachary

    Executive Vice President, General Counsel, MSD, Rahway, New Jersey, U.S.A.

    Ex-officio Members

    Dr QU Dongyu

    Director-General, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

    Biography

    QU Dongyu, who took office on 1 August 2019 as Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, has spent his life working on how to make sure the world is fed.

    Before coming to FAO, QU served as China’s Vice Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, where one of his achievements was to promote inclusive and innovative development and make sure information and communication technologies were available in rural areas so that more than 400 million farmers could use their smartphones as a new farming tool.

    His vision is founded on the belief that freedom from hunger is a basic human right, and that in the 21st century we have the capability to eradicate chronic food insecurity. While challenges loom, QU’s cardinal principle is that “problems can also be the source of progress”.