Twitter Chats during World Antibiotic Awareness Week 2018

Below are the hashtags and images for twitter chats discussing antimicrobial resistance during World Antibiotic Awareness Week 2018 (12 – 18 November)

If you are in the UK, do remember to add #AntibioticGuardian and #KeepAntibioticsWorking to your tweets to spread the message

Click here to access #AntibioticGuardian social media images

You can also click on each of the hashtags to directly link to the twitter messages using the hashtag.

#AntibioticResistance Twitter Storm

WHO, US CDC, ECDC, key partners and Member States are participating in a Twitter storm to send a unified message about taking action against antibiotic resistance. Join us and amplify the message by sending the following tweet at 9 AM EDT (Eastern Daylight Time/ UTC -4.00)/ (2PM GMT) on 15 November 2018:

“Antibiotic resistance is one of the most urgent global health threats. Everyone has a role to play in improving antibiotic use to help fight #AntibioticResistance.”

Adapted tweet for UK colleagues:

Antibiotic resistance is one of the most urgent global health threats. Everyone has a role to play in improving antibiotic use to help fight #AntibioticResistance. cc #AntibioticGuardian #KeepAntibioticsWorking

Adapted tweet for colleagues in South Africa:

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#ASPChat

Chat about awareness for antimicrobial stewardship hosted by @ASP_Chat

#hcsmSA

On Thurs 15 Nov at 20:30 SAST | CAT (12:30PM GMT) HealthSocMed #hcsmSA is hosting a #hcsmSA chat on behalf of the South African Antibiotic Stewardship Programme & others incl the @WHO, @AfricaCDC, @FINDdx, @nicd_sa to discuss achieving the AMR goals for Africa http://www.hcsmsa.co.za/antimicrobial-resistance-africa/