WHO Western Pacific Region (WPRO) technical consultation meeting on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) surveillance in the Western Pacific region was held on August 1-3, 2013 in Manila, Philippines. In order to strengthen and revitalize AMR surveillance in the region, the current status of regional/ national AMR surveillance networks was reviewed and information and expertise between AMR surveillance networks were shared at the meeting.

Dr. Jae-HoonSong, Dr. Doo-RyeonChung, and Dr. So Hyun Kim were invited to the meeting to share ANSORP experience on AMR surveillance. Dr. Chung had a presentation about ANSORP experience and Dr. Song presented the international campaign program, Campaign 4, which will be launched in 2013-2014 in collaboration with APEC. Dr. Celia Carlos from Philippines and Dr. Li Yang Hsu from Singapore were also invited as experts to share their expertise and experience on AMR surveillance in their countries.