Duncan Chanda is an Infectious Diseases physician-scientist practising at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH), Lusaka. He is a member of the Antimicrobial Resistance Coordinating Committee (AMRCC) of the Zambia National Public Health Institute (ZNPHI), where he chairs the TWG on Rational Use of Antibiotics. He is also chair of the University Teaching Hospital Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee (AMS) and is a member of the Infection Prevention and Control of the University Teaching Hospital. His research interests include AMR, HIV/AIDS and Opportunistic Infections, Clinical Trials, Health Systems and Implementation Science. He has more than 50 publications in peer-reviewed journals. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburg, and he is the current president of the Zambia College of Physicians (ZACOPH). He is also a member of the National Research Ethics Research Authority (NHRA) Ethics Board. He is an honorary lecturer at the University of Zambia and APEX Medical University, where he is involved in teaching and supervising postgraduate students. Dr Chanda is a graduate of the University of Zambia School of Medicine. He has further postgraduate training from Nagasaki Institute for Tropical Medicine (Japan), Luassane University (Switzerland) and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Currently, he holds grants from EDCTP, ANRS and the International Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance Solutions (ICARS). His collaborations include TESA Network (with 15 other institutions in Africa, 3 in Europe), the University of Bordeaux and UCL among others.