First World Antibiotic Awareness Week and awareness campaigns on prudent antibiotic use extended throughout the WHO European Region

First World Antibiotic Awareness Week and awareness campaigns on prudent antibiotic use expanded throughout the WHO European Region

First World Antibiotic Awareness Week and

awareness campaigns on prudent antibiotic use

extended throughout the WHO European Region

Dr Zsuzsanna JakabRegional Director

WHO Regional Office for Europe

First World Antibiotic Awareness Week and awareness campaigns on prudent antibiotic use expanded throughout the WHO European Region

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First World Antibiotic Awareness Week and awareness campaigns on prudent antibiotic use expanded throughout the WHO European Region

Global antimicrobial resistance action plan – strategic objectives

1. Improve awareness and understanding.

2. Strengthen knowledge and the evidence base.

3. Reduce the incidence of infection.

4. Optimize use of antimicrobial agents.

5. Prepare the economic case for sustainable investment.

First World Antibiotic Awareness Week and awareness campaigns on prudent antibiotic use expanded throughout the WHO European Region

Central Asian and Eastern European Surveillance of

Antimicrobial Resistance (CAESAR)

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe

Countries submitting data to CAESARCountries visited for CAESAR participationCountries to be visited for CAESAR participationCountries participating in EARS-Net

European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Network

(EARS-Net)

Extending surveillance throughout Europe

First World Antibiotic Awareness Week and awareness campaigns on prudent antibiotic use expanded throughout the WHO European Region

Launch of CAESAR’s first annual report

• Network status

• Data collection and analysis

• Country-specific data

• Guidance and inspiration to non-EU countries

• External quality assessment results

First World Antibiotic Awareness Week and awareness campaigns on prudent antibiotic use expanded throughout the WHO European Region

Comparable antibiotic resistance in EU and non-EU countries in the European Region

• Switzerland: low resistance, similar to that in northern Europe. Relatively high resistance (11%) to last-resort antibiotic carbapenem in Acinetobacter spp.

• Turkey: resistance similar to that in south-eastern Europe. Relatively high resistance to carbapenem in E. coli (4%) as a result of a large hospital outbreak

• Belarus, Serbi, and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: high resistance, similar to that in neighbouring EU countries, in Acinetobacter spp. and P. aeruginosa.

First World Antibiotic Awareness Week and awareness campaigns on prudent antibiotic use expanded throughout the WHO European Region

Surveillance of antimicrobial use

• In a Lancet report in March 2014, WHO released data on antibiotic consumption in non-EU countries.

• Data indicate a fourfold difference in antibiotic consumption across the European Region.

First World Antibiotic Awareness Week and awareness campaigns on prudent antibiotic use expanded throughout the WHO European Region

Action Plan Strategic Objectives6. Promote innovation and research on new drugs

– International surveillance networks and information sharing on promising research

– Active role in research for governments and academic networks; national and international task forces

7. Improve awareness, patient safety, and partnership

– Educational initiatives, behaviour change campaigns, awareness programmes for health care providers and the public

– Broad partnership at national, regional and global levels

From European Antibiotic

Awareness Day to

World Antibiotic Awareness Week

First World Antibiotic Awareness Week and awareness campaigns on prudent antibiotic use expanded throughout the WHO European Region

Extending awareness throughout Europe

• Work together with ECDC at EU level.

• Involve WHO/Europe’s non-EU countries.

• Engage celebrities.

First World Antibiotic Awareness Week and awareness campaigns on prudent antibiotic use expanded throughout the WHO European Region

Materials• Statements• Infograph• Website• Video• Press releases• Presentations

Activities• Country events • EC/ECDC/EFSA/EMA/WHO Twitter chat

3 years of “extended” European Antibiotic Awareness Day

First World Antibiotic Awareness Week and awareness campaigns on prudent antibiotic use expanded throughout the WHO European Region

More than 40 European countries join European Antibiotic Awareness Day

First World Antibiotic Awareness Week and awareness campaigns on prudent antibiotic use expanded throughout the WHO European Region

The first World Antibiotic Awareness Week – 16–22 November 2015

First World Antibiotic Awareness Week and awareness campaigns on prudent antibiotic use expanded throughout the WHO European Region

Antimicrobial resistance is everyone's business

First World Antibiotic Awareness Week and awareness campaigns on prudent antibiotic use expanded throughout the WHO European Region

Five key campaign messages for the publichttps://youtu.be/BtXaMy1Nvjs

1. Antibiotics don’t cure viral diseases like colds and flu.

2. Only take antibiotics that a health professional has prescribed for you.

3. Always finish your course of antibiotics.

4. Never share antibiotics.

5. Wash your hands to prevent infections.

First World Antibiotic Awareness Week and awareness campaigns on prudent antibiotic use expanded throughout the WHO European Region

European Region joins new World Antibiotic Awareness Week

• WHO/Europe urges all countries in the European Region to join the first “Antibiotics: Handle with Care” campaign

• Join the global community in advocating for rational use.

• Take action to decrease antibiotic resistance globally.