General Lecture Title: "Antimicrobial Resistance surveillance and containment" Speaker: Dr. Nabila Ezz Eldin Regional Advisor, Essential Health Technology Regional Advisor Office, WHO The lecture outlined the following points: • Importance of essential health technologies EHT/LAB in the DHS division. • Country responsibility for assisting the developing of their capacities in blood transfusion safety including HIV and AIDS. • Activities particularly complemented. • List of main objectives completed each Biennium. • Antimicrobial resistance surveillance in the EMR. • Global burden of infections disease. • Antibiotic policy guidelines.