The 1st Global Joint Summit of Human and Veterinary Medicines Regulatory Authorities to Preserve Antimicrobials was held on 4 – 5 May 2023 in Geneva, Switzerland. The theme of the summit was “Phasing out over-the-counter sales of antibiotics”.
The summit brought together heads of regulatory authorities for human and animal medicines or their designates, from all geographical regions, in order to emphasize the importance of regulation for AMR globally, engage human and animal regulatory authorities on the issues of AMR to optimise use of existing legislation and enforcement measures, and come up with novel, non-regulatory “Smart” solutions to address over-the-counter sale of antibiotics. It united regulators and stakeholders from different sectors, regions and countries to manage AMR jointly.
List of topics and presenters:
| Topic | Presenter | |
| 1. | Framing the role of Regulators and the Summit in the broader context of the global AMR response architecture and the UNGA 2024 High-Level Meeting on AMR | Dr Haileyesus Getahun, Director, Quadripartite Joint Secretariat on AMR |
| 2. | Epidemiology of over-the-counter sale of antibiotics in humans and animals | Daniel Morgan (University of Maryland, USA) |
| 3. | Over-the-counter sale of antibiotics: a societal perspective | Clare Chandler (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK) |
| 4. | South Africa Country Experience with phasing out over-the-counter sales of antibiotics | Alice T Sigobodhla (South African Health Products Regulatory Authority) |
| 5. | United States of America Experience with phasing out over-the-counter sales of antibiotics | Amber McCoig (United States Food and Drug Administration) |
| 6. | France Experience with phasing out over-the-counter sales of antibiotics | Franck Foures (L'agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail) |
| 7. | WHO AWaRe Standards | Benedikt Huttner (WHO) |
| 8. | FAO - Codex Alimentarius Standards | Gracia Brisco (FAO) |
| 9. | WOAH - WOAH Codes | Andrés García Campos (WOAH) |
| 10. | Medically Important Antimicrobials | Jorge Raul Matheu Alvarez (WHO) |
| 11. | Madagascar experience with phasing out over-the-counter sales of antibiotics | Ilo Tsimok'Haja Ramahatafandry (MoA) |
| 12. | Jordan experience with phasing out over-the-counter sales of antibiotics | Wesal AlHaqaish (Jordan Food and Drug Administration) |
| 13. | Veterinary Drugs Used in Jordan: Regulations, Activities, and Challenges | Shorouq A. Al-Fawarah (Ministry of Agriculture) |
| 14. | Mexico experience with phasing out over-the-counter sales of antibiotics | Maria Elena Gonzalez Ruiz (SENASICA - Servicio Nacional De Sanidad, Inocuidad Y Calidad) |
| 15. | Strengthening regulatory and enforcement systems for phasing out over-the-counter sales of antibiotics | Carmen Bullon (FAO) |
| 16. | WHO Benchmarking Tool | Mohamed Refaat Abdelfattah (WHO) |
| 17. | UK Veterinary Benchmarking Tool | Noel Joseph (UK Veterinary Medicines Directorate) |
| 18. | Regulatory systems strengthening and enforcement strategies | Yuval Feldman (Bar-Ilan University, Tel Aviv) |
| 19. | Online sales of medicines and health products | Video recording (Argentina) |
| 20. | Combating Illegal Sales of Prescription Medicines, Including Online Sales | Alla Samoylova (Russian Federation) |
| 21. | Substandard and falsified medicines | Zivanai Makoni (Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe) |
| 22. | WHO and WOAH initiatives for the Prevention, detection, and response to sub-standard, falsified products | Naseem Hudroge (WHO) |
| 23. | WHO and WOAH initiatives for the Prevention, detection, and response to sub-standard, falsified products | Andrés García Campos (WOAH) |
| 24. | Brazil | Isabela M. A de Avila (MAPA) |
| 25. | Smart solutions: Concepts from countries around the world: successes and challenges. Thailand’s Experience | Worasuda Yoongthong (Thai Food and Drug Administration) |
| 26. | Sweden | Björn Eriksson (LAKEMEDELSVERKET) |
| 27. | Considerations from pre-summit consultations with key stakeholders | Kefas Samson (WHO) |