About

The Quadripartite Working Group on Youth engagement for AMR, which was launched in October 2023, has 14 members from 14 different countries and represents 14 youth-led or youth-serving organizations.

Student and youth-led movements are concerned with a wide range of equity and development issues, including climate change. They are an untapped resource for driving multi-sectoral action to ensure a One Health response to AMR. Youth-serving organizations support the agency and efforts of youth on a wide range of issues. These organizations and their key staff have years of experience in mobilizing and harnessing the imagination and energy of youth networks for a common cause. Both youth-led networks and youth-serving organizations are well positioned to sensitize national and international leaders as well as policy makers to invest more in preventing and addressing AMR, including strengthening legislation, regulation and enforcement mechanisms

Functions of the working group

• Provide inputs to the Quadripartite on youth engagement related to AMR;
• Participate in and promote AMR-related capacity building opportunities widely, particularly with youth networks, in order to increase knowledge on AMR among this population;
• Facilitate the engagement of youth in the development of AMR awareness and advocacy tools for youth;
• Promote and disseminate evidence-based AMR examples of good practices, tools and related initiatives to reach youth networks and audiences, harnessing both formal media and social media channels;
• Explore and utilise unconventional or previously untapped methods of engagement with the youth;
• Contribute to joint events and intergenerational discussions on AMR, including the World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW), in order to bring youth perspectives to the discourse;
• Mobilize young people to advocate for relevant improvements across clinical, research, development, and policy spheres, including increased funding and donor commitments for AMR at all levels, leading up to the UNGA 2024 High-Level Meeting on AMR and beyond.

Publications

Save Lives: Prevent Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) - (Video)