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Lessons Learned for AMR Independent Panel

28 – 29 April 2025, Lagos, Nigeria

Lessons Learned for AMR Independent Panel

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In cooperation with the Quadripartite, representatives from The University in Ibadan, The Center for Global Development, and Boston University will collaboratively lead a strategic dialogue to document and analyze lessons learned from previous initiatives, such as IPCC. This dialogue will bring together a globally representative group of scientists and science academies.

Meeting Co-conveners

US National Academy of Medicine Nigerian Academy of Science


Financial Co-sponsors

Wellcome
Boston University US National Academy of Medicine


Logistics

  • Lodging will be at the Four Points by Sheraton, Lagos
  • Logistic information for participants
  • Rapporteurs: Miro Instructions Video


Publications and Pre-reads

Working List of Publications and Authors

This list is subject to change but represents key topics and the individuals likely to be involved in developing the ideas.

  1. Understanding different stakeholders’ priorities for an independent panel on evidence for action on AMR (PDF)
    Misbah Khan, Ayodele A. Akinyele, Emmanuel Olamijuwon, and Anthony McDonnell
  2. Science Policy Interfaces (SPIs) in Global Environmental Governance:
    Policy Lessons and Trade-Offs for Building the Independent Panel on Evidence for Actions against AMR (PDF)
    Arne Ruckert, Sahran Shafaque, Geneviève Boily-Larouche, Mathieu JP Poirier
  3. Learning on the IPCC from stakeholder interviews and round tables (PDF)
    Hannah Hughes, Jonathan Beynon, and Anthony McDonnell.
  4. Lessons learnt from other scientific panels on human health (PDF)
    Suzanne Edwards and Maple Goh
  5. Lessons learnt from other scientific panels on animal health. (PDF)
    Olafur Valsson
  6. Evaluating existing processes for uptake of scientific evidence on AMR (PDF)
    Eli Kahn-Woods, and Anthony McDonnell
  7. Looking at the impact of other independent panels and how they’ve met the needs of the Global South (PDF)
    South Centre

Agenda

Final Program

Co-Chairs:

  • Kevin Outterson, Austin B Fletcher Professor of Law, Boston University
  • Iruka N. Okeke, Professor and Calestous Juma Science Leadership Fellow University of Ibadan
  • Javier Guzman, Division Chief, Health, Nutrition and Population , Inter American Development Bank

Speakers:

  • Cecilia Mundaca Shah, MD, DrPH, Acting Vice President, Global Health, United Nations Foundation
  • John Amuasi, Executive Director, African Research Network for NTDs, Co-Chair of Lancet One Health Commission
  • Hannah Hughes, Senior Lecturer in International Politics and Climate Change, Aberystwyth University
  • Mathieu Poirier, Director at the Global Strategy Lab
  • Nour Shamas, WHO AMR Survivor Taskforce
  • Mashood Lawal, WHO AMR Survivor Taskforce

Day 0 (Sunday, 27 April 2025)

Informal dinner 6-9 pm, hotel

Day 1 (Monday, 28 April 2025)

Registration and Coffee 8.30-9.15 am

Welcome from Distinguished Invited Guests 9.30 – 9:45 am

  • Dr Jide Idris, Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Victor Dzau, President, US National Academy of Medicine
  • Professor Abubakar Sani Sambo, President, Nigerian Academy of Sciences (invited)

Introduction to the conference: Professor Iruka N. Okeke, Dr. Javier Guzman, and Professor Kevin Outterson, Co-Chairs 9.45 – 10:00 am (PDF)

Patient Voice by Dr. Nour Shamas and Dr. Mashood Lawal, WHO taskforce of AMR Survivors, 10:00 – 10:15 (PDF) (PDF)

LMIC Drug Discovery, Dr. Susan Winks, Head of Research Operations and Business Development at H3D,10:15 – 10:30 am (PDF)

Update from the Quadripartite Joint Secretariat, Jacqueline Alvarez (UNEP) and Kefas Samson (WHO) 10:30 – 10:45 (PDF)

Coffee break 10:45 – 11:00 (15 minutes)

Topic 1: Structure and Governance – Chaired by Prof. Kevin Outterson, Boston University, 11:00 am

  • Presentations on key lessons from other international science panels
    • Cecilia Mundaca Shah, MD, DrPH, Acting Vice President, Global Health, United Nations Foundation (15 minutes) (PDF)
  • "Charge" given for the small group dialogue sessions (5 minutes)
  • Small group dialogue sessions (tables of 8) (45 minutes)
  • Return to Plenary (10 minutes) to start Plenary at 12:15 pm
  • Plenary session, integrating small group dialogues (30 minutes)
  • Reaction from plenary speakers (15 minutes)

Lunch 1:00 pm

Topic 2: Content and Science – Chaired by Prof. Iruka N. Okeke, 2:00 pm (PDF)

  • Presentations on key lessons from other international science panels
    • John Amuasi, Executive Director, African Research Network for NTDs, Co-Chair of Lancet One Health Commission (15 minutes) (PDF)
    • Hannah Hughes, Senior Lecturer in International Politics and Climate Change, Aberystwyth University (15 minutes) (PDF)
  • Charge given for the small group dialogue sessions (5 minutes)
  • Small group dialogue sessions (tables of 8) (45 minutes)
  • Coffee break (15 minutes), return to Plenary at 3:35 pm
  • Plenary session, integrating small group dialogues (30 minutes)
  • Reaction from plenary speakers (20 minutes) (PDF)

Workshops on the conference papers (1 hour total) starting at 5:00 pm

  • All conference attendees are invited to join in feedback workshops led by the author teams of the conference papers. The goal is to improve the papers through discussion.
  • Workshop on the Quadripartite Joint Secretariat roadmap (invited)

Workshop Dinner for all Participants

Day 2 (Tuesday, 29 April 2025)

Coffee 8.30-9.00 am

Plenary report from rapporteurs from problem solving workshops at end of Day 1 (15 minutes)

Topic 3: Goals and Outputs – Chaired by Dr. Javier Guzman, 9.15 am (PDF)

  • Presentations on key lessons from other international science panels
    • Mathieu Poirier, Global Strategy Lab (15 minutes) (PDF)
    • Yewande Alimi, Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (15 minutes)
  • "Charge" given for the small group dialogue sessions (5 minutes)
  • Small group dialogue sessions (tables of 8) (45 minutes)
  • Coffee break (15 minutes)
  • Plenary session, integrating small group dialogues (30 minutes)
  • Reaction from plenary speakers (20 minutes)

Recap from the 3 dialogues (co-chairs) (10 minutes total)

Reaction from Plenary speakers (10 minutes total)

Comments from Quadripartite Joint Secretariat (10 minutes total)

Closing: next steps and words of thanks (10 minutes)

Simple departure lunch 1.00 pm

Speakers

Kevin Outterson

Kevin Outterson

Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Law at the Boston University School of Law

Kevin Outterson

Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Law at the Boston University School of Law

Kevin Outterson is the Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Law at Boston University, where he co-directs the Health Law Program. Prof. Outterson has published ~100 articles and book chapters on health care law, with a focus on incentive problems related to pharmaceutical products, including push and pull incentives for antimicrobials. He served as a senior author on many key research reports and expert panels on antibiotic innovation and access. He has spoken before Parliamentary committees and working groups, international expert panels, and international organizations and fora like the UN, OECD, G20 and G7. Professor Outterson received the 2015 Leadership Award by the Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics for his research and advocacy work.

Prof. Outterson is also the founding Executive Director of CARB-X, the world’s leading public-private partnership that accelerates the early-stage development of innovative products to prevent, diagnose, and treat bacterial infections globally. CARB-X has supported more than 100 R&D projects around the world. 18 of these projects have already reached or surpassed first-in-human clinical trials, including two products already on the market. In 2020, CARB-X was awarded the Innovating for Impact Partnership Award by the Global Health Technologies Coalition (GHTC). CARB-X funders include the governments of the United States (BARDA & NIAID), Germany (BMBF), United Kingdom (GAMRIF), Canada (PHAC), and Japan (MHLW), plus Wellcome, the Novo Nordisk Foundation, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Iruka Okeke

Iruka N. Okeke

Professor at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria

Iruka N. Okeke

Professor at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria

Iruka N Okeke is a Professor at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria.  She is a Fellow of the Nigerian and African Academies of Science and a Calestous Juma Science Leadership Fellow.  Iruka’s research group investigates the mechanisms bacteria use to colonize humans, cause disease and gain antimicrobial resistance.  She also studies laboratory practice in Africa.  Her group contributes to antimicrobial resistance surveillance in Nigeria, which is coordinated by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, and advises Africa CDC on genomics in AMR surveillance.

Iruka was a member of the 2020-2022 Lancet Nigeria Commission and is lead author of the opening paper in the Sustainable Access to Antibiotics Lancet Series on antimicrobial resistance, which was launched at the side of the World Health Assembly in May 2024.  She is author/ co-author of over 150 other scientific articles as well as the books Divining Without Seeds:  The case for strengthening laboratory medicine in Africa (Cornell Univ Press) and Genetics:  Genes, Genomes and Evolution (Oxford Univ Press). A teacher scholar, Iruka has mentored over a hundred research students, the majority of whom continue to work in science and health. She is the 2023 recipient of the UK Microbiology Society’s Peter Wildy Prize and received the 2024 American Society for Microbiology Moselio Schaechter Award.

Javier Guzman

Javier Guzman

Division Chief, Health, Nutrition and Population , Inter American Development Bank

Javier Guzman

Division Chief, Health, Nutrition and Population , Inter American Development Bank

Javier Guzman is the Division Chief, Health, Nutrition and Population, Inter American Development Bank, where he leads research on the economics of global health challenges with a focus on expanding access and driving greater value-for-money for global public goods for health. This work includes the 2022 CGD working group on A New Grand Bargain to Improve the Antimicrobial Market for Human Health – chaired by Javier – which examined policy options for improving antimicrobial innovation, access, and stewardship in low- and middle-income countries and driving global action against antimicrobial resistance (AMR). CGD also led a project to understand the economic burden of AMR as part of EcoAMR, estimating that AMR increases the cost of healthcare by US$ 66 billion, which will rise to US$ 159 billion by 2050 under current trends, and that investing in improving access to and developing new antimicrobials would generate a return of $28 for every dollar invested.

Previously, Javier was the Technical Director of the USAID-funded Medicines, Technologies, and Pharmaceutical Services (MTaPS) Program at Management Sciences for Health (MSH), helping over 20 governments in Africa and Asia build their health system, including their response to AMR, to ensure sustainable access to and appropriate use of safe, effective, quality-assured, and affordable medicines and pharmaceutical services. Additionally, he has held various roles within the Colombian government, including as Deputy Director of the health technology assessment agency, Director of Medicines and Health Technologies at the Ministry of Health, and as Director General of the Colombian Food and Drug Surveillance Institute.

In addition to his medical degree, Javier has an MSc in Health Policy, Planning and Financing from the London School of Economics and Political Science and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and an MBA (Executive) from the Australian Graduate School of Management.

Dr. Cecilia Shah

Dr. Cecilia Mundaca Shah

Acting Vice President, Global Health, United Nations Foundation

Dr. Cecilia Mundaca Shah

Acting Vice President, Global Health, United Nations Foundation

Dr. Cecilia Mundaca Shah is a recognized global health expert with extensive experience in health security, pandemic preparedness, and international health policy. With a career spanning leadership roles at the United Nations Foundation (UN Foundation), National Academy of Medicine (NAM), and the G20 High-Level Independent Panel on Financing the Global Commons for Pandemic Preparedness and Response, she has been instrumental in shaping strategies for global health security, infectious disease surveillance, health systems strengthening, and the integration of displaced populations into global malaria programs.

Currently, Dr. Shah serves as Vice President of Global Health Strategy at the UN Foundation, where she leads policy and advocacy efforts across key global health priorities, including pandemic preparedness, antimicrobial resistance, immunization, and migrant health. She oversees high-level partnerships with UN organizations and global health initiatives, providing strategic leadership to advance global health goals. Previously, Dr. Shah directed key international initiatives at the NAM, including the Global Roadmap for Healthy Longevity, and served as special advisor to the NAM President during the COVID-19 pandemic. She has played a pivotal role in securing multi-million-dollar funding to support global health initiatives and foster cross-sector collaborations.

An accomplished speaker and writer, she has contributed to numerous policy publications and has represented her organizations at major global convenings. She is committed to fostering collective action in global health, strengthening partnerships across sectors, and driving impactful solutions that promote health equity worldwide.

Dr. Shah holds a Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) and Master of Public Health (MPH) from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, as well as a Medical Doctor (MD) degree from Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos in Peru.

Dr. Hannah Hughes

Dr. Hannah Hughes

Senior Lecturer in International Politics and Climate Change, Aberystwyth University

Dr. Hannah Hughes

Senior Lecturer in International Politics and Climate Change, Aberystwyth University

Hannah Hughes is Senior Lecturer in International Politics and Climate Change. Her research is focused on the relationship between knowledge, order and collective action to address global environmental degradation. She has studied the global institutionalization of knowledge processes through observation and analysis of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). She is currently Principal Investigator of CAMAMAZON - a British Academy ODA interdisciplinary research project following Brazil's presidency of COP30 in the Amazon city of Belém. She is author of book 'The IPCC and the Politics of Writing Climate Change, published by Cambridge University Press.

Dr. John Amuasi

Executive Director, African Research Network for NTDs, Co-Chair of Lancet One Health Commission

Dr. John Amuasi

Executive Director, African Research Network for NTDs, Co-Chair of Lancet One Health Commission

John Amuasi is based at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, where Heads the Global Health Department of the School of Public Health and Leader of the Global One Health Research Group at the Kumasi Center for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine (KCCR). He holds a W2 Professorship of Global One Health at the Bernhard Nocht Institute of Tropical Medicine and the University of Eppendorf in Hamburg, Germany, is an adjunct Professor at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health in the USA, and an Honorary Visiting Research Fellow in Tropical Medicine at the University of Oxford in the UK. For over 20 years, he has engaged in Tropical Medicine and Global Health research - including in malaria, NTDs, AMR and One Health. He has also consulted for several Global Health-focused organizations and supported civil society organizations with technical expertise on matters related to access to drugs, vaccines, and diagnostics, as well as strategic advice related to Global Health research. He further serves as Co-Chair of The Lancet One Health Commission, and as a regular technical advisor/contributor to several Global Health organizations. He is passionate about mentorship and sustainably building health research capacities in Africa.

Dr. Mathieu JP Poirier

Dr. Mathieu JP Poirier

Director, Global Strategy Lab

Dr. Mathieu JP Poirier

Director, Global Strategy Lab

Dr. Mathieu JP Poirier is the Director of the Global Strategy Lab, Scientific Director of the AMR Policy Accelerator, Assistant Professor of Social Epidemiology at the York University School of Global Health, and York Research Chair in Global Health Equity. His research ranges from evaluating international law to developing health equity metrics and generating policy-relevant research on socially and politically determined inequities in health. As Research Director for Global Legal Epidemiology with GSL, Dr. Poirier has led evaluations of the global impacts of international laws in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, BMJ and Tobacco Control, while his global health equity research has been published in Social Science & Medicine, the Bulletin of the World Health Organization, and Population Health Metrics. He is the co-Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre on the Global Governance of Antimicrobial Resistance and has previously directed vector-borne disease research for the University of Notre Dame Haiti Program. His research is now contributing to the development of an Independent Panel on Evidence for Action against AMR and more equitable One Health governance and policies to ensure sustainable access to antimicrobials for all.

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