
Otridah Kapona
@ottykaps
Senior Scientific Officer /
AMR Education and Stewardship Consultants /
AMR Policy Fellow
#Scientistwithoutboaders
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13-11-2018 17:42:09
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📢 NEW opinion by cecilia ferreyra, @BirgittaGleeson, Otridah Kapona & Marc Mendelson: Diagnostic tests to mitigate the antimicrobial resistance pandemic—Still the problem child plos.io/3AkI5Nf"


Regional AMR Education and Awareness Webinar, Role of CSO's in AMR Education and Awareness, lessons from Burkina Faso and Zimbabwe based CSO PATAM WHO African Region Tapiwanashe Kujinga Tapfumanei Mashe




Join us tomorrow at 1pm CAT with @_FaceSA for the Sept AMR Education and Awareness Regional Webinar Mpanga Kasonde DRASA (Dr. Ameyo Stella Adadevoh) Health Trust



#PreventingAMRTogether Tapfumanei Mashe FAO Zambia @_FaceSA Ministry of Health Zambia Zambia National Public Health Institute




#AFROAMSmeet Live: Day 2 starts off with an excellent presentation from Washington Dengu, Consultant, WHO African Region, on their work on strengthening the pharmaceutical and environmental regulators on AMR. They are focusing on pharma manufacturing for now.


#AFROAMSmeet Live: Otridah Kapona, Consultant, WHO African Region presenting on the health system challenges affecting implementation of integrated Antimicrobial Stewardship.


Congratulations on the progress Team Zimbabwe. Happy to have been part of this important exercise WHO African Region

World Health Organization (WHO) is strengthening the fight against antimicrobial resistance. A WHO African Region mission to Ghana briefed World Health Organization (WHO) Rep to Ghana, Dr Francis Kasolo on lessons from the piloting of a practical toolkit for the implementation of Antimicrobial Stewardship programs in healthcare facilities.


Promoting antimicrobial stewardship is key to defeating antimicrobial resistance. Happy to engage colleagues from WHO African Region who are in Ghana for the piloting of a practical toolkit in support of the implementation of Antimicrobial Stewardship programs in health facilities in 🇬🇭.


African Regional Lessons Learned Workshop for Implementation of AMR National Action Plans, 10 -13 July 2023, Dakar, Senegal. Kudos WHO African Region FAO in Africa UN Environment Programme in Africa World Organisation for Animal Health Otridah Kapona ReAct Africa Network (RAN) The Fleming Fund for organizing this important workshop. HananBalkhyحنان بلخي AMR Think Do Tank @


Earlier today Int. Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance Solutions Executive Director Dr Sujith Chandy sharing on Achieving Sustainable Change in LMICs at the on going Regional Lessons Learned Workshop on AMR NAP implementation in Dakar Senegal organized by the Quadripartite.WHO African Region Food and Agriculture Organization World Organisation for Animal Health UN Environment Programme


'Use me wisely or the bugs will cause you harm says antimicrobial s!'Int. Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance Solutions Executive Director Dr Sujith Chandy shares during the on going African Lessons Learned Workshop on AMR NAP implementation in Dakar Senegal Food and Agriculture Organization UN Environment Programme WHO African Region World Organisation for Animal Health