I was delighted to open my engagements at the WHO’s 79th World Health Assembly on Monday, 18 May 2026, in Geneva, with a closed-door roundtable on Self-Care as a Frontline Tool Against AMR, convened by Reckitt, the Global Self-Care Federation, the Global Respiratory Infection Partnership, and the Commonwealth Pharmacist Association at the Commonwealth Small States Office.

Moderated by Prof Sabiha Essack, Research Chair in Antibiotic Resistance at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, and with opening and closing remarks from Rt Hon Helen Clark and Dame Sally Davies, the session brought together senior policymakers, multilateral institutions, civil society, and the private sector to examine how evidence-based self-care can reduce inappropriate antibiotic use and strengthen antimicrobial stewardship at the community and primary care level. I was honoured to share our evidence-based learnings on equity, access, and community in LMICs, a conversation deeply aligned with the work of my Wellbeing Foundation Africa on the frontlines of community health delivery across Nigeria.

WHA 79 is always as much a moment of strategic reconnection as it is of action. Grateful for the many meaningful encounters, cherished reunions, and new conversations already shaping the week.

 

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