Ladies and gentlemen, I'll call the meeting to order.
Welcome to meeting number 79 of the Standing Committee on Health. This is our fourth meeting on antimicrobial resistance.
We welcome our witnesses today. We have, from the Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics, Jane Kramer by video conference from Boston, Massachusetts. From the TB Alliance, we have Willo Brock, senior vice-president, external affairs, by video conference. From the World Bank Group, we have Dr. Timothy Evans, senior director, health, nutrition, and population. As an individual, we have Gerard D. Wright, professor, department of biochemistry and biomedical sciences at McMaster University.
Welcome, all.
We're going to offer each of you the opportunity to make a maximum 10-minute statement, an opening statement, and then we'll go to questions from the panel.
Ms. Kramer, you can start off for 10 minutes.