WHPA Webinar: Bridging Global Health Agendas—NCDs, AMR, and Interprofessional Collaboration

As antimicrobial resistance increases, so does the threat to millions of NCD patients who are at high risk of infection. People living with non-communicable diseases are more vulnerable to drug-resistant infections, and often have higher exposure to antimicrobials, for example due to diabetes-related infections or because of cancer treatments. Given the diversity of NCD-related health settings and specialities, it is vitally important to improve AMR stewardship and continuity of care across the professions. At this webinar, speakers from the five main health professions will share expertise and guidance on how interprofessional collaboration can be a key tool to respond to AMR and NCDs.

Moderator:

- Howard Catton, CEO, ICN (International Council of Nurses), UK

Panellists:

- Darija Kuruc Poje, Vice President, European Association of Hospital Pharmacists (EAHP), Croatia

- Belinda C. Henderson, Chief Nurse for infection prevention and control, Queensland Department of Health, Australia

- Caline Mattar, Associate Professor of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, USA

- Alison Lupton-Smith, Senior Lecturer and Physiotherapist, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

- Wendy Thompson, Clinical Senior Lecturer in Primary Dental Care and Dentist, Manchester University, UK