Dr Tereza Kasaeva is the Director of the World Health Organization’s Global TB Programme. She is responsible for setting norms, policies and standards on global TB prevention, control and care including tackling drug resistance, coordinating technical support, monitoring the global situation, developing innovative interventions through translation of new evidence into policies & practice, promoting research & development and through addressing system challenges such as community and private sector engagement.

Howard Catoon is the Chief Executive Officer of the International Council of Nurses (ICN) and is committed to ensure that ICN effectively represents nursing worldwide, advances the nursing profession, promotes the wellbeing of nurses and advocates for health in all policies. He firmly believes that nurses should be at the heart of health policy decision making and leading healthcare systems and delivery.

Dr Kitty van Weezenbeek (MD, PhD, MPH) is the Director of Surveillance, Prevention and Control of antimicrobial resistance (SPC) at the World Health Organization. Dr Weezenbeek leads the WHO AMR/SPC Department which primarily focuses on human health aspects of AMR and related response strategies such as infection prevention and control, laboratory strengthening and diagnostic stewardship, rational treatment, surveillance of AMR and antimicrobial consumption/use.