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The slogan for this year’s weeklong campaign, is “Handle Antimicrobials with Care”. This year the United Nations Environment Programme is pleased to be joining the other Tripartite groups, FAO, OIE, and WHO to raise global awareness of antimicrobial resistance.

What are the causes of Antimicrobial Resistance?

The inherited or acquired ability of microorganisms that allows them to resist the action of the antimicrobial agent; then, the microorganisms evolve and multiply in their presence. Sometimes, microorganisms that develop resistance to more than one antimicrobial agent are referred to as “superbugs”.

Key factors contributing to Antimicrobial Resistance, AMR, include misuse and overuse of antibiotics in human health, food-animal production and agriculture, along with poor management of waste emanating from households, farms, factories and human and veterinary healthcare settings. More information

 

Wednesday 18 November 2020

  • 1:00-2:15 (GMT +8) - Virtual Media Forum - Philippines (general audience via DOH Facebook Live) - Register for Webinar
  • 9:00-3:00 (local time) - National Animal Health Service (SENASA) - Costa Rica - Webinar
  • 10:00-12:00 (CET) - WAAW 2020 kickoff in Africa - Webinar
  • 10:00-12:00 (GMT +8) - National AMR One Health Summit Webinar Series Part 1: AMR Awareness and Advocacy - Philippines - Register for Webinar

Thursday 19 November 2020

  • 13:00-15:00 (GMT +8) - Online Dissemination Forum on AMR Surveillance - Webinar
  • 10:00-13:00 (CET) - What is understood about AMR? Organizer(s): African Union (AU); WHO Regional Office for Africa AFRO); Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (ACDC); Food and Agriculture Organization; Organisation for Animal Health (OIE); United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) - Register for Webinar
  • 8:30-4:30 (local time) - National Animal Health Service (SENASA) - Costa Rica - Webinar
  • 9:30 (EST) - Understanding and changing behavior to combat AMR – in the community - Register for Webinar
  • 11:00-12:00 (CET) - Live Session "One Health AMR" Organizer: WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (EMRO) - @WHOEMRO

Friday 20 November 2020

  • 10:00-12:00 (GMT +8)  - National AMR One Health Summit Webinar Series Part 2: Infection Prevention and Control and Optimizing Antimicrobial Use - Philippines - Register for Webinar
  • 8:30-4:30 (local time) - National Animal Health Service (SENASA) - Costa Rica - Webinar
  • 14:00 - 16:00 (EST) - World Toilet Day A Look with “lens” to the Sanitation - Register for Webinar
  • 10:00-13:00 (CET) - Country experiences - Organizers: African Union (AU); WHO Regional Office for Africa AFRO); Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (ACDC); Food and Agriculturel Organization; Organisation for Animal Health (OIE); United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) - Register for Webinar
  • 11:30-13:00 (CET) - One Health Action to Preserve Antibiotics Organizer: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) - Register for Webinar

Saturday 21 November 2020

  • 17:30-18:30 (CET) - Twitter chat on AMR in the African context: How can we improve awareness for antimicrobial resistance in Africa Organizers: African Union (AU); WHO Regional Office for Africa AFRO); Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (ACDC); Food and Agriculture Organization; Organisation for Animal Health (OIE); United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) - Webinar

Monday 21 November 2020

  • National AMR One Health Summit Webinar Series - Philippines - Part 3: Research, Development and Innovation - Webinar
  • 9:00-5:00 (local time) - National Animal Health Service (SENASA) - Costa Rica - Webinar
  • 10:00-12:00 (CET) - The Role of Civil Society and Grass Roots Organizations Organizers: African Union (AU); WHO Regional Office for Africa AFRO); Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (ACDC); Food and Agriculturel Organization; Organisation for Animal Health (OIE); United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) - Webinar

Monday 23 November

  • 10:00-12:00 (GMT +8)  - National AMR One Health Summit Webinar Series Part 3: Research, Development and Innovation - Philippines - Register for Webinar

Tuesday 24 November 2020

  • 10:00-12:00 (CET) - AMR as part of training curricular for students Organizer: African Union (AU); WHO Regional Office for Africa AFRO); Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (ACDC); Food and Agriculture Organization; Organisation for Animal Health (OIE); United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) - Webinar
  • 8:30-3:30 (local time) - National Animal Health Service (SENASA) - Costa Rica - Webinar
  • 14:00 (GMT +7) - “United to preserve antimicrobials" across the Asia-Pacific Region Organizers: Asia-Pacific Regional Tripartite (FAO-OIE-WHO) together with UNEP - Register for Webinar  - youtube

 

Please find below material for the antimicrobial awareness week.

World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2020

Antimicrobial resistance and the environment

 

Resistance travels in groups

 

Horizontal gene transfer

 

Minimizing use of antimicrobials, is a sustainability concept

 

Complex problems require coordinated solutions

Antibitics pathways Pathways of antibiotics for human and veterinary use in the environment (adapted from Berkner, Konradi and Schonfeld 2014) - Reprinted with permission from @Berkner, Konradi and Schonfeld.

Water pollution sources Potential sources of chemical water pollution, adapted from Arefin and Malik, 2018.

No time to wait

 

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