This conference will focus on utilizing health promotion and behavioral insights in combatting antibiotic resistance. It will serve as a forum for the exchange of knowledge as well as an occasion to demonstrate what unites us as a region and what we can achieve together.

Antimicrobial resistance is an urgent matter and one of the top 10 global public health threats. Infections caused by resistant bacteria are associated with the loss of 5 million lives annually. Within the EU, an estimated 1.5 billion Euros are spent each year. These costs, both financial and in human lives, are too high. There is still much to be done to prevent and mitigate the risks. Urgent action is needed at all levels, from the individual to the political.

Venue

The Rosenbad Building, Drottninggatan 4, 111 51 Stockholm
Registration closed. Contact the NDPHS Secretariat for additional inquiries.

During the half-day-long event, we will:

• Introduce the role of our individual microbiota in promoting health as well as the consequences of its disruption by antibiotics.
• Move from the individual to the societal level and look at preventive measures in health care, including rational antibiotic use.
• Look at the global landscape and get an overview of ongoing and future initiatives.

Participants will have opportunities to network and enjoy interactive activities between and during the sessions.

Programme

12:00 Light lunch

13:00 – 13:10 Opening

• Dr. Jonas Fuks, Moderator of the Event
• Mr. Niclas Jacobson, the Swedish NDPHS Chair representative, Head of Division for EU and International Affairs, Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, Sweden
• Dr. Ülla-Karin Nurm, Director, Secretariat, Northern Dimension Partnership in Public Health and Social Well-being
• Dr. Sonja Löfmark Behrendtz, Chair, Expert Group on Antimicrobial Resistance, Northern Dimension Partnership in Public Health and Social Well-being

13:10 – 13:30 Keynote presentation When infections are no longer treatable

• Ms. Birgitta Lytsy, Associate Professor, Senior Physician at the Department of Infection Prevention and Control, Region Stockholm

13:30 – 14:30 The microbiota and the impact of antibiotics 

• Antibiotics and the bacterial flora – An introduction.
  • Dr. Sonja Löfmark Behrendtz, Chair, Expert Group on Antimicrobial Resistance, Northern Dimension Partnership in Public Health and Social Well-being
• Microbiota of Centenarians – a possible key to healthy ageing.
  • Prof. Reet Mändar, Professor of Medical Microbial Ecology, University of Tartu.
• Nature Step to Health – Health consequences of nature loss and decreasing biodiversity.
  • Prof. Tiina Laatikainen, Professor of Health Promotion, Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, University of Eastern Finland.

14:30 – 15:15 Healthy Break 

15:15 – 16:00 The science of prevention

• Using behavioural and cultural insights to prevent and address AMR.
  • Dr. Tiina Likki, Technical Officer for Behavioural Insights and Evaluation, WHO Regional Office for Europe.
• Tackling antimicrobial resistance in primary health care through promoting the appropriate use of antibiotics in Estonia.
  • Dr. Marje Oona, Associate Professor in Family Medicine, Institute of Family Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tartu,
  • Dr. Kaily Susi, Advisor, Health System Development Department, Ministry of Social Affairs, Estonia.

16:00 – 16:50 The way forward in promoting healthy populations: global and regional initiatives

• Introduction to the global efforts to tackle AMR.
  • Dr. Malin Grape, Ambassador on Antimicrobial Resistance, Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, Sweden.
• Approaching AMR and antibiotic awareness at the European level:
  • Dr. Danilo Lo Fo Wong, Regional Adviser for the Control of Antimicrobial Resistance, WHO Regional Office for Europe.
  • Ms. Andrea Nilsson, Communication Officer, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.
• AMR EG panel: Accelerating regional action on AMR.
  • Ms. Liidia Dotsenko, Estonian AMR EG representative, Health Board of the Republic of Estonia.
  • Ms. Jaana Vuopio, Finnish AMR EG representative, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare.
  • Ms. Ieva Voita, Latvian AMR EG representative, Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.
  • Ms. Rolanda Valintėlienė, Lithuanian AMR EG representative, Institute of Hygiene.
  • Dr. Sonja Löfmark Behrendtz, Swedish AMR representative and Chair, Public Health Agency of Sweden.

16:50 – 17:00 Concluding remarks

• Dr. Ülla-Karin Nurm, Director, Secretariat, Northern Dimension Partnership in Public Health and Social Well-being
• Mr. Niclas Jacobson, the Swedish NDPHS Chair representative, Head of Division for EU and International Affairs, Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, Sweden

The event is organized by the NDPHS Expert Group on Antimicrobial Resistance in collaboration with the NDPHS Secretariat and the Swedish Chair.