Dr K. Abdul Ghafur

Coordinator, Chennai Declaration on AMR in India, Consultant and Adjunct Professor in Infectious Diseases, Apollo Hospital, Chennai, India

Dr. Abdul Ghafur is the primary author and coordinator of the “Chennai Declaration”, a document and initiative by medical societies in India, to tackle the challenge of antimicrobial resistance from an Indian perspective. He is a Consultant and Adjunct Professor in infectious diseases at the Apollo Hospitals, Chennai, India. He is a core committee member for National AMR Action plan of Indian Ministry of Health. Dr Ghafur is an advisory member of the “Longitude prize”.