ReAct – Action on Antibiotic Resistance

An international network to improve the management of antibiotic resistance

Vision:

”A world free from fear of untreatable infections”

ReAct SEA - ReAct Asia Pacific

2007-2015 The ReAct RAP network:

• Thailand

• Malaysia

• Singapore

• Indonesia

• Philippines

• Vietnam

• Australia

• Cambodia

• Lao PDR • Timor-Leste • SIDS Pacific

Fifty + organisations and individuals from CSOs, community-based

organisations, academia, hospitals, government agencies, WHO

regional (SEARO & WPRO):

(Please see detailed list)

Long-term goal: Regional/National policy platforms on ABR

Short/Medium term goals: establishing conditions for long-term goal

achievement:

1. community-based interventions (ASU, SUA, SPPP, FNG)

2. Hospital-based interventions (ASP)

3. Policy interventions (ARCP and WHO-GAP)

ReAct CSO Project 2012-2015:

Towards national/regional policy platforms to manage antibiotic

resistance - engaging civil society organizations (CSOs) for social

mobilization, health education and communication.

• Ecuador - Child to Child Foundation

• Nicaragua - Information Center & Advisory Services in Health

• Ghana - Lady Pharmacist Association of Ghana, Ghana Coalition

of NGOs in health, African Women International (AWI), Integrated

Development Centre and Hope For Future Generations

• Indonesia – Yayasan Orang Tua Peduli

• Malaysia – Yayasan Bina Ilmu

• Thailand – Family Network Foundation, AIDS ACCESS

Global component of ReAct-CSO Project

• 20+ organisations signed declaration on ABR

• Several on-going projects

Spin-offs from CSO project:

• ASEAN Antibiotics Awareness Day

• Dancing with Bacteria

• ASP in Timor-Leste

• SUA in Timor-Leste

• Establishing bacteriology Lab in Timor-Leste

• ARCP inter-country collaboration

• Translating WHO-GAP into national policies and mechanisms

ReAct SEA

SIDFOT

ReAct Programs 2015-2018

3 programs:

• Generating and Translating Evidence (GATE)

• Strategic Policy (SP)

• Engagement, Empowerment and network Extension (EEE)

Management team: Coordinators of the three programs

Anna Zorzet (Uppsala University)

Anthony So (Duke University)

Michael Chai (USM/University Malaya)

Thank you!