Global Infection Prevention and Control Network
The Global Infection Prevention Control Network (GIPCN), as an alliance of professional infection prevention organisations, aims to enhance local, national and international level collaboration in the field of infection prevention and control (IPC) and in support of WHO’s and Member States’ efforts to strengthen IPC.

GIPCN participating organizations (March 2025)

  • American University of Beirut Medical Centre  
  • Asia Pacific Society of Infection Control (APSIC)  
  • Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC)  
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), USA  
  • Certification Board for Infection Control and Epidemiology (CBIC)  
  • European Committee on Infection Control (EUCIC) and European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID)  
  • European Network to Promote Infection Prevention for Patient Safety (EUNETIPS)  
  • Global Alliance for Infections in Surgery  
  • Global Fund for HIV, TB and Malaria  
  • Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN)  
  • Healthcare Infection Society (HIS)  
  • Infection Control Africa Network (ICAN)  
  • Infection Prevention Association of Canada (IPAC)  
  • Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR), Bangladesh  
  • International Federation of Infection Control (IFIC)  
  • International Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (ISAC)  
  • Lifebox, Stanford University, USA  
  • Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)  
  • National Centre for Infectious Diseases, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore  
  • NorthWest State Medical University, Russian Federation  
  • Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)  
  • Resolve to Save Lives 
  • Robert Koch Institute, Germany  
  • Society for Healthcare Epidemiology America (SHEA), USA  
  • Société française d'Hygiène Hospitalière (SF2H), France  
  • UK Infection Prevention Society  
  • UNICEF (USA)  
  • World Surgical Infection Society (WSIS)  
  • WHO Collaborating Centre for Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Control, China  
  • WHO Collaborating Centre for IPC and AMR, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia  
  • WHO Collaborating Centre of Patient Safety, University Hospitals of Geneva, Switzerland  
  • WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research in AMR, Public Health England  
  • World Surgical Infection Society

Terms of Reference