Overview:
The ICAN Congress 2025 successfully held from June 29 to July 02, 2025, on the theme, Advancing Infection Prevention and Control, and Antimicrobial Stewardship for a safer tomorrow. Healthcare professionals, scientists, and public health leaders convened from across the African continent and beyond. About 260 delegates participated from over 33 countries all over the world, with most of them coming from Africa. The congress highlighted innovative research, policy orientations, and strategies to combat healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial resistance. The event offered a diverse and high-quality work, combining academic presentations with practical workshops and expert-led sessions. It created a collaborative platform for knowledge exchange and capacity-building in IPC. ICAN Congress 2025 reinforced the critical importance of infection control across healthcare systems in Africa. With high engagement, impactful presentations, and rich collaboration opportunities, the event marked a significant step forward in strengthening IPC infrastructure and education across the continent. Although the ICAN 2025 conference has come and gone, the memories will last for as long as possible. Before the curtain was drown for the end of the conference most of the participants already started asking when the next one will hold and other wishing if it will not delay for more than one year, The conference can simply be described as very successful.
Website: www.icancongress.com
Summary statistics:
- 260 participants
- 33 countries
- 4 preconference workshops
- 100 presentations
- 4 breakfast sessions
- 2 lunch sessions
- 4 key notes
