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World Antimicrobial Awareness Week [1]

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Date: 2024-11

World AMR Awareness Week 2024

World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week (WAAW) is held from 18–24 November every year. The global campaign aims to raise awareness and understanding of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and promote best practices among One Health stakeholders to reduce the development and spread of drug-resistant infections. The theme of this year’s WAAW is “Educate. Advocate. Act now”.

In the Eastern Mediterranean Region resistance rates are rising: about 50% of reported E. coli and S. aureus bloodstream infections are caused by resistant strains.

One of the key drivers of AMR is the overuse and misuse of antibiotics. At 25% higher than the global average, the Eastern Mediterranean Region has the highest rate of antibiotic consumption in the world.

To strengthen efforts to tackle AMR the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region is calling on:

policy-makers to prioritize AMR in national budgets and plans and recognize the urgent need to scale up national responses to AMR; and

health workers to adopt appropriate prescribing practices for antibiotics.

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