ReAct - Action on Antibiotic Resistance

06/11/2025

📍 Teaching Global Health through the Lens of Antibiotic Resistance

Last week, ReAct and Antibiotic Smart Sweden had the opportunity to meet with passionate teachers at a special event hosted by the Nobel Prize Museum in Stockholm, Sweden.

The event introduced educators to new ways of teaching about global health and antibiotic resistance.

🎥 The day concluded with film screenings and a museum tour - blending science, culture, and pedagogy in a truly inspiring way.

We hope to see antibiotic resistance and global health take a more prominent place in school curricula across the world.

05/11/2025

Impressions from the World Health Summit 2025: Taking responsibility for health in a fragmenting world

The World Health Summit once again brought together global health leaders and experts from across sectors to “catalyse solutions for pressing health challenges”.

Kerstin Åkerfeldt, Policy Expert, ReAct Europe joined the summit.

As one of the most influential gatherings in global health, the summit aims to be a platform for new new ideas, dialogue, networking and collaborations.

Discover impressions and highlights from the conference in the full article. 👇

This year’s theme “Taking Responsibility for Health in a Fragmenting World” was meant to underscore the urgency of collective leadership at a time marked by geopolitical tensions, shrinking development budgets, the climate crisis, misinformation and widening inequalities. The summit gathered o...

28/10/2025

💊🦠 Antibiotics are pillars for the care and treatment of cancer patients and are used to both prevent (prophylactic use) and treat (therapeutic use) infections.

👩🏾‍🦰👩🏿‍🦳👩🏼‍🦱 Successful cancer treatment relies on effective antibiotics.

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24/10/2025

Last week, the ReAct network had a truly productive and joyful Annual Meeting! 🙌🏾 🙏🏾

🌏🌍🌎 Our four ReAct nodes came together for open and inspiring discussions - a great stepping stone as we plan for the coming years.

🎉 We also took a walk down memory lane to celebrate ! It was wonderful to hear stories and experiences that showcase our impact and growth from 2005 to today. And the journey has only just begun!

❤️ 🙏🏾 A warm and grateful thank you to everyone in the ReAct family - our partners and collaborators. We wouldn’t be who or where we are without you. 🙏🏾 ❤️

ReAct Latinoamérica ReAct Africa

19/10/2025

The most influential way to prevent infections?
👉🏾 Hand hygiene.

🙌🏾🦠Hand hygiene also control the spread of pathogens, whether resistant to antibiotics or not.

Everyday is 🫶🏾

15/10/2025

🌍 “Collaborating with ReAct has been a unique opportunity to connect community action with public health policy in our Region.”

As part of ReAct’s 20-year celebration, we’re honored to share this powerful reflection from Dr. Nathalie El Omeiri, Advisor, Special AMR Program at PAHO Washington D.C.

She reminds us that antimicrobial resistance (AMR) isn’t just a scientific issue - it’s a community challenge that requires art, play, learning, and policy to come together.

🗣️ “Antimicrobial resistance is a serious threat that jeopardizes the equity and sustainability of our health systems, especially in vulnerable populations. I will never forget the excitement of seeing girls and boys, from Quito to Medellin, learn about bacteria, handwashing, and proper antibiotic use through play and art: a living demonstration of the transformative power of empowered communities.”

Thank you, Nathalie, for your leadership and your deep commitment to inclusive, grassroots action in the fight against AMR. 🙌

🎥 Watch her messages in the video below!

14/10/2025

ReAct at World Health Summit in Berlin!
This year’s theme “Taking Responsibility for Health in a Fragmenting World” is more relevant than ever!

ReAct's Kerstin Åkerfeldt is engaging with partners, old and new, to advance global solutions on hashtag and health equity. hashtag

14/10/2025

NEW REPORT!

World Health Organization (WHO) warns of widespread resistance to common antibiotics worldwide.

Antimicrobial resistance continues to rise as a major global health challenge, weakening the effectiveness of life-saving treatments and increasing risks from everyday infections and routine medical care.

New data from over 100 countries, reported through the WHO Global Antimicrobial Resistance and Use Surveillance System (GLASS), highlight growing resistance to essential antibiotics - a growing threat to global health.

The report is supported by new interactive content on the GLASS dashboard, featuring global summaries, country profiles, and AMR insights.

Report 👉🏾 https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240116337

GLASS dashboard 👉🏿 https://worldhealthorg.shinyapps.io/glass-dashboard/_w_3b6af0083a344c0b8a95743744e34736/ #!/home

10/10/2025

1 year after the UNGA High-Level meeting on AMR – WHERE ARE WE NOW?

One year after the second-ever High-Level meeting on held on the sides of the United Nations General Assembly, we take stock of the global response and consider the consequences of the major changes in the global backdrop for the field. Read full article 👇 ReAct Latinoamérica ReAct Africa

https://www.reactgroup.org/news-and-views/news-and-opinions/year-2025/1-year-after-the-unga-high-level-meeting-on-amr-where-are-we-now/

09/10/2025

⭐1 0 key takeaways from the Asia Pacific AMR Conference 2025!

🌏 From Declaration to Action: Tackling AMR Together

The ReAct Asia Pacific Regional Conference on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) brought together 100+ delegates from 30 countries for two days of dialogue, collaboration, and commitment on one of the most urgent public health challenges of our time.

Under the theme “From Declaration to Action: Operationalizing One-Health AMR Action in the Asia-Pacific Region,” the conference marked a vital step in turning global commitments into regional, actionable initiatives.

💡 Discover the 10 key takeaways shaping the future of One Health AMR action across the region⭐ 👉 https://www.reactgroup.org/news-and-views/news-and-opinions/year-2025/10-key-takeaways-from-the-asia-pacific-amr-conference-2025/

Photo: Prof. Dante Saksono Harbuwono, Deputy Minister of Health, Indonesia (middle), ReAct directors and conference participants. Photo: Dipa Mulya.

08/10/2025

👨🏾‍🦱👩🏼 👩🏽‍🦳👩🏿‍🦳 Cancer patients are more vulnerable to antibiotic-resistant infections.
🦠 💊 Antibiotic resistance makes cancer treatments like chemotherapy riskier.

Fight breast cancer and antibiotic resistance- two battles, one cause!

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07/10/2025

🎉 🎉

🧬 “Two decades ago, only microbiologists and infectious disease professionals knew about the threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR).

Today, thanks to ReAct, communities, schools, people in the countryside and in the city know the importance of AMR and their responsibility to contain it.”

– Dr. Pilar Ramon-Pardo, Chief of the Special Program on AMR, PAHO Washington D.C.

As we celebrate 20 years of ReAct, we are honored to share this message from Dr. Pilar Ramón-Pardo of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).

Her words reflect the impact of sustained collaboration and bottom-up engagement in addressing antimicrobial resistance:

✨ “The partnership with ReAct has been strategic for -WHO. Together, we’ve joined forces to improve the appropriate use of antimicrobials, hygiene, and the acceptance of vaccination in communities.”

🌍 She reminds us that without ReAct’s leadership, community engagement on AMR with a One Health perspective—such as the efforts demonstrated during the 2024 UN General Assembly side event—would not have been possible.

🙏 “Thank you, Arturo Quizhpe and Otto Cars.”

▶️ Watch Dr. Pilar’s full message in the video below.