PRASHO conducts G-SPARC stakeholders’ meet in Hyd

Hyderabad: The Pragyaan Sustainable Health Outcomes Foundation (PRASHO), in collaboration with the Infection Control Academy of India (IFCAI) and the University of Hyderabad (UOH), is going to host the Global South Conference on Infection Prevention Control and Antimicrobial Stewardship (G-SPARC), to address Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), Healthcare Associated Infections (HAIs), and Anti-Microbial Resistance (AMR). The conference will take place from October 3 to 5, 2024, in Hyderabad.

The G-SPARC stakeholders meeting was held recently with more than 40 global, local, academic, professional associations who came together to address global public health challenges related to infections. The consultative meeting was chaired by R Govind Hari, Chairman, PRASHO; Prof Ranga Reddy Burri, Chairman, G-SPARC 2024, and Prof Shamanna from UOH.

Healthcare providers, health administrators, government organisations, patrons, strategic partners, professional associations, academic support organisations, government/multi-lateral

organisations, Civil Society Organisations, and industrial partners have collaborated for the G-SPARC-2024.

The theme of the conference is to “Unify Global South to fight infections, and stop pandemics.” Participants from over four continents and 50 countries are likely to take part in the event, including Asia, Africa, GCC, South America.

Prasho in an official release said that the conference will bring in Global South consensus on key topics such as IPC, AMR, HAIs, across all the countries. “One size doesn’t fit all likewise the policy frame works, guidelines, interventions, practices tailored for resource rich may not fit the resource poor. Hence, customisation and localisation is a top priority to address these public health priorities with sustainable outcomes,” it added.

The challenges of antibiotic usage, lack of clear data on infection control practices in the Global South, creating a consensus on dealing with AMR, HAIs, IPC in a customised approach are going to be a few of the many topics that is going to be discussed in the G-SPARC-2024

conference.