Introducing the ABX guide: an open-access antibiotic treatment-guide (AbX Guide) focussed on pathogen-directed treatment in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region

Tuesday 17 September

12.00-13.00 CET

Programme

Welcome & Introductions
Heiman Wertheim

The Why of the AbxGuide / The importance of treatment guidelines in routine
Heiman Wertheim

Core presentations

AbxGuide: What is in it and what is not?
Hind Kadri

Antimicrobial resistance in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: progress, challenges, and priorities
Shaffi F. Koya

Moderated Panel Discussions

Q&A / session wrap up

Speaker bio

Dr Shaffi Koya serves as the Medical Officer for Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Prevention and Control at the WHO’s Regional Office for Eastern Mediterranean that covers 22 countries in Asia and Africa. He has several years of global experience, including with Doctors without borders, Boston University, Global Institute of Public Health, and health ministries of Saudi Arabia and India. In the past, he worked in the areas of health security and high threat pathogens, tuberculosis, polio, and vector borne and zoonotic diseases, and social determinants of health. He holds a Doctor of Public Health from Boston University, besides his medical, public health, management degrees from India.