World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW) Campaign for Africa
Global theme: ‘Preventing antimicrobial resistance together’ BackgroundAntimicrobial agents1, including antibiotics, have saved millions of lives by substantially reducing the burden of diseases in people, animals, and plants and hence improving quality of life, contributing to better food security and safety, and aiding to increased life expectancy.However, the emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in […]
African Antibiotic Treatment Guidelines for Common Bacterial Infections and Syndromes – Recommended Antibiotic Treatments in Adult Patients
Principles of Stewardship Important considerations for the use of antibiotics include drug selection considering antibiotic spectrum of activity, adverse effect profile and availability of specific formulations (including those applicable to young children), likelihood of antibiotic resistance, route of administration, dosage, and duration of therapy. The decision to start and continue antibiotic therapy must be based […]
African Antibiotic Treatment Guidelines for Common Bacterial Infections and Syndromes – Final Report
Foreword: Although they can be manufactured with virtually no limit, antimicrobials are, in fact, a scarce resource. Excessive antimicrobial use selects for microorganisms that evade treatment, rendering antimicrobials potentially useless. Recognizing the urgent threat that antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses to the continent, the Africa Centres for Disease Control (CDC) prioritized AMR control as part of […]
World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW), 18-24 November 2021
Theme: “AMR Governance: Preventing AMR Is Our Shared Responsibility” The African Union Task Force on AMR, African regional tripartite members (FAO, OIE, WHO) and UNEP, are organizing the 3rd continental joint WAAW Africa campaign under the theme for the regional WAAW 2021 is “AMR Governance- Preventing AMR Is Our Shared Responsibility” The theme for the […]
How can we Spread Awareness to Stop Antimicrobial Resistance in Africa?
Date: Sunday, 21 November 2021Time: 16:30 GMT | 17:30 WAT |18:30 CAT | 19:30 EATHashtag: #AfricaWAAWModerator: @hcsmAFRICA (Vanessa Carter) In celebration of the World Antimicrobial Awareness Week, join us for a 60-minute Twitter chat to share your views about how we can “Spread Awareness to Stop Antimicrobial Resistance in Africa”. All one health stakeholders including healthcare professionals, civil […]
Africa CDC Inaugural One Health Conference
Increasing globalization, urban density, ease of travel, animal movement, environmental changes and habitat overlap between humans and animals, all provide opportunities for the emergence and spread of diseases that adversely impact both human and animal health, prosperity, and food security. COVID-19 and Ebola virus disease are two recent examples of how these various factors have […]
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Communiqué of Directors of Regional Institutions for the Africa Continental World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2020
Communique of Directors of Regional Institutions for the Africa Continental World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2020
Virtual Press Briefing: World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2020 (WAAW 2020)
THEME: Handle Antimicrobials with Care – WAAW 2020 Kick-off High Level Press Briefing for AfricaDATE: Wednesday, 18 November 2020TIME (Press briefing): 12.00 am EAT | 11.00 SAST | 10.00 am WAT | 9.00 am GMT