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WHO: World Antibiotic Awareness Week 2017

World Antibiotic Awareness Week 2017

Theme: Seek advice from a qualified healthcare professional before taking antibiotics

Antibiotics are a precious resource, so it is important to get the right advice before taking them. This not only ensures you and your family get the best treatment, responsible use of antibiotics will also help reduce the threat of antibiotic resistance.

Campaign objectives

To make antibiotic resistance a globally recognised health issue.

To raise awareness of the need to preserve the power of antibiotics through appropriate use.

To increase the recognition that individuals, health and agriculture professionals, and governments must all play a role in tackling antibiotic resistance.

To encourage behaviour change and convey the message that simple actions can make a difference.

Click here for further details on WHO’s WAAW campaign including posters and infographics

Click here to access WAAW/EAAD toolkits and resources to run local campaigns in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

Antibiotic Guardian

2 Apr

#AntimicrobialResistance is one of the most urgent global threats to the public’s health. Antibiotics can cause side-effects, including nausea and diarrhoea and contribute to the development of #antibioticresistance.#AntibioticGuardian #KeepAntibioticsWorking #WAAW

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Pruex @pruexltd ·

1 Apr

https://www.pruex.co.uk/blogs/news/making-the-link-between-improved-environment-and-welfare-and-increased-production
#ammoniareduction #amr #LoRaWAN #AntibioticGuardian #thisfarminglife

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Commonwealth Pharmacists Association @cw_pharmacists ·

30 Mar

At our inception event, Maxencia Nabiryo describes tools that are improving the understanding of #AntimicrobialStewardship developed through the #CwPAMS programs

These include AMS explainer videos & the famous #AMSgame which has been shortlisted for an #AntibioticGuardian Award

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Access the EAAD resources here

Learn how to treat your symptoms

Antibiotic Guardian was developed in 2014 by UK Health Security Agency. The campaign is led by UK Health Security Agency (PHE) in collaboration with the Devolved Administrations (Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland); the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and professional bodies/ organisations towards the ‘One Health’ initiative.

The initial concept for this website and logo was developed jointly with the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, who also kindly provided the initial funding for the website

Antibiotic Guardian supports the UK Antimicrobial Resistance strategy, European Antibiotic Awareness Day (18 November) and World Antibiotic Awareness Week (14-20 November 2016)
Antibiotic Guardian Pledges are available in
Dutch (a collaboration with Belgian Antibiotic Policy Coordination Committee, BAPCOC)
French (a collaboration with Belgian Antibiotic Policy Coordination Committee, BAPCOC)
Russian (a collaboration with WHO-Europe)
Turkish (a collaboration with WHO-Europe and Turkish Health departments)

The campaign is active on social media, visit https://twitter.com/search?q=%23AntibioticGuardian&src=typd to follow recent tweets and please use #AntibioticGuardian when tweeting relevant antimicrobial resistance/stewardship information and to share your local activities