A scientific workshop at the College of Medicine on “The Invisible War: The Conflict and the Emergence of Antimicrobial Resistance.”

Under the patronage of the Dean of the College of Medicine, Professor Dr. Ameen Al-Alwani, the College held a scientific workshop entitled “The Invisible War: The Legacy of Conflict and the Emergence of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). The workshop aimed to shed light on how armed conflicts affect the spread of antimicrobial resistance, which is one of the major health challenges of our time. In this workshop, Dr. Omar Dewachi, Head of the Anthropology Department at Rutgers University in the United States, gave a valuable lecture that addressed the different dimensions of the problem of antimicrobial resistance and how to address it. The presentation also included a historical overview of bacterial life from the 1940s to the present, with a focus on areas of the Middle East that have been greatly affected by armed conflicts. This workshop comes within a series of activities and events organized by the College of Medicine, University of Baghdad, with the aim of raising health awareness, enhancing cooperation between experts in the field of public health, and exchanging research and scientific expertise in various vital fields.