{"id":13904,"date":"2021-11-28T14:58:47","date_gmt":"2021-11-28T14:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abrar.edu.so\/sohc-conference2022\/?page_id=13904"},"modified":"2021-11-28T15:03:45","modified_gmt":"2021-11-28T15:03:45","slug":"sessack","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/abrar.edu.so\/sohc-conference2022\/sessack\/","title":{"rendered":"PROF. SABIHA Y. 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International Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance Solutions (ICARS) in Denmark, member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Joint Programming Initiative on AMR (JPIAMR) and member of the International Pharmacy Federation (FIP) AMR \u00a0Commission.\u00a0 She further serves as expert consultant on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) to the WHO.\u00a0 Professor Essack is chairperson of the Global Respiratory Infection Partnership (GRIP), serves on the Advisory Board of the Combating Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria Biopharmaceutical Accelerator (CARB-X) in the US, the Fleming Fund Expert Advisory Group in the UK, the Market Analysis Expert Advisory Group of the Global AMR Research and Development Hub in Germany and is a member of the Wellcome Trust Surveillance and Epidemiology of Drug Resistant Infections Consortium (SEDRIC).\u00a0 She served as Vice Chairperson of the South African Ministerial Advisory Committee on AMR at its inception, the International Pharmacy Federation Working Group on AMR, the South African Chapter of the Global Antibiotic Resistance Partnership (GARP) and the South African Antibiotic Stewardship Programme (SAASP).\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Professor Essack\u2019s current research interests include:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Evidence-informed strategies for the prevention and containment of antibiotic resistance based on the<\/span><ul><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">One Health surveillance of antibiotic use and resistance,<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Risk factors for the infection\/colonization by antibiotic resistant bacteria, and,<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Infection prevention and control, water sanitation and hygiene (WASH), animal husbandry and biosecurity.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: 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