Sabiha Essack South Africa

Sabiha Essack is the South African Research Chair in Antibiotic Resistance and One Health and Professor in Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. She is the co-lead of the Multi-Stakeholder Partnership Platform Action Group on “Stewardship across the Lifecycle of Antimicrobials: a One Health Approach” and member of the WHO Strategic and Technical Advisory Group for AMR (STAG-AMR). Sabiha serves as the Senior Implementation Research Advisor to the International Centre for AMR Solutions (ICARS) based in Denmark and chairs the Global Respiratory Infection Partnership (GRIP). She is a member of the World Economic Forum Global Futures Council for AMR, member of the International Pharmacy Federation (FIP) AMR Commission, member of the Wellcome Surveillance and Epidemiology of Drug Resistant Infections Consortium (SEDRIC) and she serves on the Advisory Board of the Combating Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria Biopharmaceutical Accelerator (CARB-X) and the Fleming Fund Expert Advisory Group. Her research focuses on the molecular epidemiology of AMR using next generation sequencing and bioinformatics as well as One Health systems strengthening in the context of AMR. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3357-2761

Main Congress - Day 2

Time	Session

10:00am 11:10am	Symposium 1C Global Health Through an Infection Prevention and Control Lens Dr.Masita Arip Chairperson MOH (Institute for Medical Research)Malaysia Dr.Pamela Lee Yew Fong Chairperson Pantai Hospital Kuala Lumpur, IHH Malaysia Malaysia Power of Prevention: the Critical Role of IPC in AMR Mitigation Prof.Sabiha Essack Speaker University of KwaZulu-NatalSouth Africa Integrating Planetary Health into IPC in Healthcare Settings Dr.Ermira Tartari Bonnici Speaker Mater Dei HospitalMalta ASEAN-US IPC Task Force: Partnership to Advance IPC in ASEAN Member States Ms.Cori Dennison Speaker U.S. CDCUnited States Q&A Conference Hall 3
1:25pm 2:35pm	Symposium 2A INSM Symposium: Prevention of Hospital Onset Bloodstream Infections (BSI) Prof.Sabiha Essack Chairperson University of KwaZulu-NatalSouth Africa Dr.Tiew Wah Tin Chairperson MOH (Tunku Azizah Hospital) Malaysia The Use of Infrared Thermography in the Early Development of Phlebitis in Adult Patients with Peripherally Inserted Venous Catheters Prof.Azlina Daud Speaker International Islamic University Malaysia, member of INSMalaysia The IV Care Adaptive Platform : Towards Zero BSIs Prof.Claire Rickard Speaker The University of QueenslandAustralia APSIC Updated on CLABSI Prevention Assoc. Prof.Moi Lin Ling Speaker Singapore Health Services Pte LtdSingapore Q&A Conference Hall 1
4:30pm 5:40pm	Symposium 4C Laboratory Role in IPC Adj. Asst. Prof.Surinder Kaur M S Pada Chairperson Jurong Health Campus, Ng Teng Fong General HospitalSingapore Dr.Tengku Zetty Maztura Tengku Jamaluddin Chairperson Universiti Putra MalaysiaMalaysia Work Smarter Not Harder: Leveraging Clinical Decision Support for Infection Prevention and Control Dr.Erica Shenoy Speaker SHEA, Massachusetts General HospitalUnited States First Do No Harm: Diagnostics in Infection Management Prof.Sabiha Essack Speaker University of KwaZulu-NatalSouth Africa Automated Antibiograms in Terminating Outbreaks Dr.Mohd Zaki Mohd Zaili Speaker Hospital Queen Elizabeth, Ministry of HealthMalaysia Q&A Conference Hall 3