AMR regional seminar HCMC

The AMRE seminar held on 18th November 2019 was led by CRE REDUCE, the Woolcock Vietnam, WHO, the University of Sydney and the University of Queensland, in partnership with collaborators from Ton Duc Thang University. The seminar brought together Asia-Pacific leaders in antimicrobial resistance research in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

The seminar was relevant to clinicians, researchers and policy makers concerned with the spread and emergence of AMR and its potential to negatively affect the aspirations of the Sustainable Development Goals.

Associate Professor Greg Fox from the Woolcock Institute talked about the challenges of drug-resistant tuberculosis in Vietnam and presented initial findings from V-RESIST study.