Session 3. Deep dive into the WHO Strategic Directions for IPC:
IPC integration & coordination and collaboration & stakeholders' support
22 November 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 IPC Hub & Task Force 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 “IPC integration & coordination” (SD3) and “Collaboration & stakeholders' support" (SD8) 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 3: “IPC integration & coordination” and SD 8: “Collaboration and stakeholders' support"
- To share views and experiences of IPC panellists to address data for action
Please contact bellaren@who.int with questions.
Agenda
Chair | Benedetta Allegranzi (Unit Head, WHO IPC Unit, WHO HQ) |
Time (pm, CET) | Item | Speaker |
2.00 | Welcome remarks/Introduction to Integration & Coordination and Collaboration & Stakeholders Support | Rudi Eggers (Director, Integrated Health Services department, WHO HQ) |
2.05 | Housekeeping instructions | Nita Bellare (Project manager, WHO IPC Unit) |
2.10 | Introduction: Strategic Direction 3 - Integration and Coordination; Strategic Direction 8 - Collaboration and Stakeholders Support | Ana Paula Coutinho (IPC focal point, WHO Regional Office for Europe) |
2.25 | Discussion with panel of experts (facilitated by Mandy Deeves) | Evelina Tacconelli (University of Verona, Italy) Judith Nanyondo (Makerere University, Uganda) Roman Kolesnyk (Ukraine National IPC FP) Arielle Nylander (WaterAid) Fernanda Lessa (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Unites States) |
2.55 | Questions to the panel from the participants | ALL PARTICIPANTS |
3.25 | Closing remarks | Benedetta Allegranzi |