Session 2. Deep dive into the WHO Strategic Directions for IPC: Data for action and communication & advocacy
31 October 2023, 2:00-3:30 pm CET
The Global Strategy on Infection Prevention and Control (GSIPC) represents a turning point in the history of IPC with a clear vision and objectives to protect those accessing and providing care from associated infections by 2030. It also provides Member States with eight strategic directions (SD) to achieve measurable improvements and to substantially reduce the ongoing risk of health care-associated infections including those prone to epidemics and pandemics and those exhibiting antimicrobial resistance.
The WHO IPC Hub Unit at WHO headquarters is organizing a special series of webinars to discuss the GSIPC key elements and implementation. In the first session of this four-part series, a panel of IPC specialists from global, national and facility levels will discuss how Strategic Direction “Data for action” (SD5) and “Communication & advocacy” (SD6) have impacted and will further impact their work, staff and the communities they serve, as well as the challenges and opportunities to be gained.
Objectives:
- To provide a brief overview of the GSIPC
- To understand GSIPC SD 5: “Data for action” and SD 6: “Communication & advocacy”
- To share views and experiences of IPC panellists to address data for action
The webinar will be held in English, with simultaneous interpretation available in: Arabic, Chinese, French, Spanish and Russian
Please contact bellaren@who.int with questions.
Agenda
31 October 2023 2:00-3:30 pm CET
Chair: Anthony Twyman (Consultant, WHO IPC Hub and Task Force, WHO HQ
Time (pm, CET) | Item | Speaker |
2:00 | Housekeeping instructions | Nita Bellare (programme manager, WHO IPC Hub) |
2:05 | Welcome remarks/Introduction to special webinar series/Objectives | Rudi Eggers (Director, Integrated Health Services department, WHO HQ) |
2:10 | Introduction 1: Strategic Direction 6 – Communication & advocacy | Claire Kilpatrick (IPC Consultant, WHO IPC Hub and Task Force, WHO HQ) |
2:20 | Introduction 2: Strategic Direction 5 – Data for action | Anthony Twyman (IPC Consultant, WHO IPC Hub and Task Force, WHO HQ) |
2:30 | Discussion with panel of IPC experts
| Paul Malpiedi (International Infection Control Program, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Shu-Hua Wang (Professor of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Director, OSU Global One Health initiative Research and Implementation Science) Hiroki Saito (AMR Clinical Reference Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan) Sarah Tomczyk (International team lead on nosocomial infections and AMR, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany) |
3:00 | Questions to the panel and interactive session with participants | ALL |
3:25 | Closing remarks | Anthony Twyman (IPC Consultant, WHO IPC Hub and Task Force, WHO HQ) |