Biography

Dr Rasha Abdelsalam Elshenawy is a Consultant of Antimicrobial Resistance at the South Centre (Geneva, Switzerland), where she develops global policy frameworks for United Nations Member States and collaborates with the World Health Organization on antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) implementation. She is also the Director of the Antimicrobial Stewardship School (FADIC, UK) and a Senior Lecturer in Postgraduate Medicine at the University of Hertfordshire (UK), leading research that informs global health policy across more than 55 countries. Her GUIDE Framework for Evidence-Based Antibiotic Prescribing is being adopted internationally through WHO partnerships. Dr Elshenawy serves as Associate Editor for JAC – Antimicrobial Resistance (Oxford University Press) and has authored over 150 research outputs on AMR, AMS, digital health innovation, and health systems strengthening. Her work directly advances the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the global fight against antimicrobial resistance.