TATFAR Policy Dialogue - Video Conference

27 September 2017

On 27 September, the European Commission - DG Health and Food Safety hosted a TATFAR policy dialogue video involving senior AMR policy advisers from TATFAR (USA, Canada, Norway and EU).

The Transatlantic Taskforce on Antimicrobial Resistance (TATFAR) is made up of staff working on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) from governmental and public health agencies in the USA, EU, Canada and Norway.

They work together by phone, video and internet, in one or more of 18 task groups to share and develop knowledge in areas such as:

• goals and target setting
• methods of measurement of AMR
• guidance on appropriate antibiotic use
• incentives for research and development
• exchanges on overall policy objectives and methods

TATFAR is co-chaired by SANTE and the Office for Global Affairs in the Department of Human Health Services, USA.

More information:

• TATFAR website

Documents

• Agenda

Presentations

1. Pan-Canadian Framework and Approach to Antimicrobial Resistance

   Public Health Agency of Canada

2. Norwegian policies to address antimicrobial resistance

   Norwegian Institute of Public Health - Norwegian Veterinary Institute

3. The Office on Pandemics and Emerging Threats: Antimicrobial Resistance

   The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

4. The new EC action plan against antimicrobial resistance

   European Commission - Directorate General for Health and Food Safety