Launch of the WHO policy brief on strengthening primary health care-oriented health systems to address antimicrobial resistance

9 September 2025 13:00 – 14:30 CET

This webinar introduced WHO's new policy brief that describes 8 priority AMR interventions for mainstreaming AMR into PHC-oriented health systems, along with an AMR/PHC country scoping tool. Pilot countries also shared their experiences followed by a discussion on effective and sustainable solutions to combating AMR through a PHC lens.

Agenda

Moderator: Sarah Paulin-Deschenaux, Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) department, Health Systems, Access and Data (HSD) Division

13.00-13.15 Opening remarks

  • Yukiko Nakatani ADG HSD Division
  • Yvan Hutin, Director AMR
  • Kalipso Chalkidou, Director Performance, financing & delivery (PFD) department

13.15-13.25 How have PHC-oriented health system reforms prioritized AMR interventions? Findings of a horizontal analysis across 80+ country cases - Faraz Khalid, PFD department, HSD Division

13.25-13.40 WHO policy brief on strengthening PHC-oriented health systems to address AMR incl the PHC and AMR scoping tool – Nienke Bruinsma, AMR department, HSD Division

13.40-14.00 Country experiences, best practices and lessons learned

  • Kazakhstan experience – Akhmadyar Nurzhamal, Head of the Department of Clinical Pharmacology, NAO Medical University Astana
  • Sweden experience – Wenjing Tao, Public Health Agency Sweden (PHAS)
  • Thailand experience – Angkana Lekagul, Health Policy and Systems Research on AMR Network, International Health Policy Program, Ministry of Public Health

14.00-14.25 Q&A session

14.25-14.30 Closing remarks by WHO

French and Russian interpretation was available.