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

#WAAW2025
WHPA’s latest webinar explored how interprofessional collaboration can strengthen antimicrobial stewardship and continuity of care for people living with NCDs, building on recent UN High-Level Meetings (HLM) committing to tackle both AMR and NCDs globally.

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 across the professions. At this webinar speakers from the five main health professions shared expertise and guidance on how interprofessional collaboration can be a key tool to respond to AMR and NCDs.

The webinar was part of World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2025 (18-24 November; #WAAW2025).

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Speakers:
FDI: Wendy Thompson, Clinical Senior Lecturer in Primary Dental Care at Manchester University and practicing dentist, UK
FIP: Darija Kuruc Poje, Vice President of the European Association of Hospital Pharmacists (EAHP), Croatia
ICN: Belinda C. Henderson, Chief Nurse for infection prevention and control, Queensland Department of Health, Australia
WMA: Caline Mattar, Associate Professor of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, USA
World Physiotherapy: Alison Lupton-Smith, Senior Lecturer and Physiotherapist, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Moderator: Howard Catton, CEO of ICN

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