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Researchers were invited as Innovation Showcase winners to demonstrate the game-based antimicrobial prescribing behaviour change platform

A good number of researchers and faculty from 51³Ô¹ÏÍø College attended the recent World Innovation Summit for Health in Qatar. From the NIHR Health Protection Research Unit (HPRU) in HCAI and AMR, Dr Enrique Castro-Sanchez (Lead Research Nurse), Anuj Sood (Research Facilitator) and Dr Raheelah Ahmad (Healthcare Management Lead) were invited as Innovation Showcase winners to demonstrate the game-based antimicrobial prescribing behaviour change platform 'On call: antibiotics' 

The Summit attracted more than 2000 participants from 100 countries that over 2 days debated crucial topics for global health including antimicrobial resistance, human resources for universal health coverage, and palliative care from a variety of ethical standpoints. During the Summit several reports were launched focused on antimicrobial stewardship (which included input from researchers at HPRU and reflected much of their work) and .

The visitors to the Innovation Showcase section were able to interact with novel devices and technologies ranging from app-based behavioural counselling and telemedicine platforms to mobile phone-based urine analysis and surgical training suites adapted to low- and middle-income countries. Researchers, clinicians and decision-makers from Qatar, China, India, Pakistan, Singapore, and Afghanistan among many other countries, discussed with the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø team opportunities for implementation and evaluation of 'On call: antibiotics' in their settings, and particularly the potential to develop context-specific versions of the game that would facilitate or support antimicrobial stewardship practice locally. As a result of these contacts, several research initiatives have emerged already.

The HPRU team had already taken part in WISH-related activities, delivering several webinars at the Leading Health System Network on key elements of an , led by Dr Esmita Charani Academic research pharmacist) and Dr Raheelah Ahmad and the participation of  , led by Enrique.