On Monday, Al Arab University for Medical & Technological Sciences hosted a specialist scientific lecture in the Al-Watan Auditorium titled “Antimicrobial Resistance in Libya, 1970–2026: The Quiet Before the Storm”, delivered by Prof. Alaa Eddin Ali Ashour Al-Sallabi.
The event was attended by the university’s leadership, management and deans, as well as academics, doctors and public health specialists, faculty members, office directors, researchers and students of the university’s medical faculties.
The lecture presented an analytical and historical study of the development of antimicrobial resistance in clinical and healthcare settings in Libya over the past five decades. It highlighted the potential future consequences of this phenomenon, now considered one of the most serious challenges facing healthcare both locally and internationally, and reviewed the mechanisms and strategic approaches needed to develop infection prevention and control programs in healthcare institutions.
Prof. Alaa Eddin Al-Sallabi is a leading scientist in medical microbiology and the epidemiology of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria. He has an extensive record of research in peer-reviewed scientific journals, discovered the “Tripoli gene” in 2009 and has recorded several genetic fingerprints of bacterial strains identified for the first time worldwide.
The lecture ended with an open discussion between the speaker and the scientists and specialists in attendance, reflecting the university’s continuing commitment to supporting scientific research and academic activities that raise the competence of medical professionals and serve public health in the community.