“Preventing Antimicrobial Resistance Together”
World Antimicrobial Awareness Week has been renamed World AMR Awareness Week (WAAW). Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a threat to humans, animals, plants, and the environment, and it affects everyone. It is one of the greatest global health challenges of our time, becoming a leading cause of death globally. It is a growing threat to animal and human health, as well as livelihoods and food security worldwide. This year’s theme emphasizes the need for a One Health approach involving multiple sectors to preserve the efficacy of antimicrobials. Hence, addressing AMR requires collective efforts from all levels of society, as the main drivers of AMR are the misuse and overuse of antimicrobials.
Commemorated in November (18 to 24) every year, World AMR Awareness Week (WAAW) is a global campaign that aims to raise awareness and encourage action among One Health stakeholders to tackle the emergence and spread of drug-resistant pathogens. Fighting AMR is a global endeavor and requires collective action from all sectors of society. For this reason, this year’s theme calls for collaboration across sectors to preserve the efficacy of these critical medicines. With the concept of cross-sectoral collaboration in mind, the theme for this year’s WAAW week is “Preventing Antimicrobial Resistance Together”.
As in 2022, the theme for World AMR Awareness Week 2023 continues to remain the same, encouraging stakeholders around the world to collaborate across sectors to preserve the medicines that help save lives.
This year’s WAAW theme aims to encourage stakeholders, including policymakers, healthcare providers, and the general public to recognize that everyone can help tackle antimicrobial resistance.
More details are available in the following links:
https://www.woah.org/en/event/world-amr-awareness-week-2023/
https://www.fao.org/antimicrobial-resistance/world-antimicrobial-awareness-week/en/
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