World AMR Awareness Week 2023
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Each year, World AMR Awareness Week aims to raise awareness and inspire action around antimicrobial resistance (AMR). The global campaign takes place annually from 18 to 24 November. This year’s theme is “Preventing antimicrobial resistance together”.
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Antimicrobial resistance explained
Antimicrobial resistance explained
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Antimicrobial resistance undermines our ability to effectively treat infections and is a major threat to human and animal health.
Antimicrobial misuse and overuse increase the development and spread of drug-resistant infections.
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Young health professionals combat antimicrobial resistance
23 January 2024 – The WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region has some of the highest and fastest-growing rates of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) globally, owing to widespread antibiotic misuse and overuse. Nearly 1.3 million people are already dying as a direct result of AMR worldwide. High rates of drug resistance undermine many health efforts and make health care more complex, expensive and risky.
This year, the WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean calls on all health workers to adopt appropriate prescribing practices for antibiotics. This includes junior doctors and other young health professionals, as well as medical, nursing and pharmacy students.
To help prevent AMR, health workers should:
only prescribe and dispense antimicrobials when needed, in line with current national guidelines and The WHO AWaRe (Access, Watch, Reserve) antibiotic book;
prevent spread of AMR through enhanced infection prevention and control measures at all levels of the health system;
where antibiotics are indicated, prescribe the best choice – in most cases, an Access antibiotic – at the right dose and for the right duration; and
encourage peers, especially young health professionals and students, to prescribe antibiotics in line with guidelines and only when necessary.
Campaign competition
Join in our competition to promote the proper use of antibiotics. University students, young health professionals and youth organizations – this is our challenge to you!
Support WHO in tackling the misuse and overuse of antibiotics in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. Enter our competition for a chance to win an award and have your submission featured on WHO platforms.
Submit a video or a proposal for a campaign to promote the WHO AWaRe antibiotic book – and encourage your fellow health workers to do the same. The deadline for entries is 29 October 2023.
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