UK-Russia Roundtable discussion
Meeting the challenge of antimicrobial resistance
23-24 November 2021
Organised by the UK Science and Innovation Network Russia (SIN Russia) in partnership with the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy and the Interregional Association for Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (IACMAC), this two day round table event built on the success of previous UK-Russia expert engagement in the antimicrobial resistance (AMR) arena.
Leaders from Russian and UK medical science, government departments, clinicians, academies and innovation funders met to:
Review progress against the Global Action Plan for AMR
Consider opportunities for strategic alignments, future co-operative working and pragmatic action to address the One Health AMR agenda.
The recordings of presentations and panel discussions for each day can be viewed below.
Programme
The AMR Landscape
1000
1300
Session one - Landscape overview: What are the opportunities and challenges we face in addressing AMR (Russia and UK perspectives)
1005
1305
AMR in Russia: current state and national initiatives
Professor Roman Kozlov, Inter-regional Association for Clinical Microbiology & Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (IACMAC)
1020
1320
AMR in the UK: initiatives and concrete steps
Dr Colin Brown, UK Health Security Agency
1035
1335
Discussion
Session two - COVID-19 – what impact has COVID-19 had on antimicrobial practices, and what lessons have we learnt?
1115
1415
COVID-19 and antimicrobial consumption
Dr Svetlana Ratchina, Head of Department of Internal Medicine #2, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia
1130
1430
COVID-19 impact on antimicrobial stewardship and resistance
Dr Kieran Hand, AMR: National Pharmacy & Prescribing Clinical Lead, NHS England & NHS Improvement
1145
1445
Discussion
Session three - One Health – shared experiences of multi-sectorial approaches to AMR
1225
1525
AMR and antimicrobials use outside of healthcare system: what we know about situation in Russia
Dmitry Makarov, The Russian State Center For Animal Feed And Drug Standardization And Quality
1240
1540
GW4 AMR Alliance: Addressing AMR through interdisciplinary One Health approaches
Professor William Gaze, University of Exeter, UK
1255
1555
Discussion
1325
1625
Closing remarks
Professor Roman Kozlov, Inter-regional Association for Clinical Microbiology & Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (IACMAC)
Acceleration of the actions
1000
1300
AMR – a global overview
Professor Dame Sally Davies, UK Government Special Envoy on Antimicrobial Resistance, UK Department of Health and Social Care
1015
1315
Discussion
Session one: Tuberculosis and AMR
1025
1325
New approaches to the control and management of drug resistant tuberculosis
Professor Michael Barer, Professor of Clinical Microbiology and Honorary Consultant Microbiologist, University of Leicester
1040
1340
The problem of drug-resistant TB in the Russian Federation
Dr Irina Vasilieva, MD, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor
1055
1355
Discussion
Session two: Role of UK and Russia as leaders of One Health
1125
1425
UK De-linkage Programme
Mr David Glover, Associate director, medicines analysis team NHS England and NHS Improvement
1140
1440
WHO Collaborating Centre for Capacity Building on Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance and Research. What Russia can offer to the neighbouring countries?
Dr Marina Sukhorukova, Medical Microbiologist of the National Medical Research Center of Neurosurgery
1155
1455
Discussion
Session three: Situational analyses – capacity, surveillance, stewardship landscape
1225
1525
AMR surveillance system and antimicrobial stewardship in Russia: evolution, limitations, and perspectives
Dr Mikhail Edelstein, Head of Laboratory of Antimicrobial Resistance, Institute of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (IAC), Smolensk State Medical University (SSMU), WHO Collaborating Centre for Capacity Building on Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance and Research, Smolensk, Russia.
1240
1540
Creating centres of antimicrobial stewardship excellence: Global AMS Accreditation Scheme
Dr David Jenkins Consultant Medical Microbiologist, Infection Prevention doctor & BSAC President, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
1255
1555
Discussion
Session four: How to improve accessibility of AMR data and antimicrobial stewardship purposes
1325
1625
AMRhub – new online ecosystem for AMR surveillance and antimicrobial stewardship purposes
Dr Alexey Kuzmenkov, Deputy Director on Bioinformatics of the Institute of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy Smolensk State Medical University and Associate Professor of Microbiology
1340
1640
How to use beneficially the data of different projects
Professor David Livermore, Professor of Medical Microbiology, University of East Anglia
1355
1655
Discussion
Session five: Discussion of the initiatives on which UK and Russia can potentially align and collaborate (formats and mechanisms).
Chair: Professor Roman Kozlov, Inter-regional Association for Clinical Microbiology & Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (IACMAC)
1415
1715
Suggested topics:
• Education and research programmes for students and postgraduates - joint programmes
• Bilateral expert exchanges
• Research grants
• Closing roundtable discussion on next steps
• Education and research programmes for students and postgraduates - joint programmes
• Bilateral expert exchanges
• Research grants
• Closing roundtable discussion on next steps
