Anahi Cristina Dreser Mansilla

Dr. Anahí Cristina Dreser Mansilla serves as a researcher at Mexico's National Institute of Public Health and collaborates with PAHO/WHO on regional antibiotic stewardship initiatives. Her academic credentials include a Medical Degree, a Master's in Infectious Disease Control, and a Ph.D. in Health Policies from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. As coordinator of INSP's Research Line on Medicines in Public Health, she focuses on access, use, and antimicrobial resistance. Her work is particularly relevant given that antimicrobial resistance contributed to 322,000 deaths in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2021, with projections showing an increase to 650,000 by 2050