Events

Since 2018, AFIDEP has been working to identify and address barriers between in-country sectors involved in AMR control for the delivery of appropriate policy. This is through the Drivers of Resistance in Uganda and Malawi project.

AMR RESOURCES:

• Info Sheet: Drivers of Resistance in Uganda and Malawi
• Antimicrobial stewardship in Malawi: Optimising antibiotic usage
• Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Practices: World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2020
• Sepsis and Antimicrobial Resistance in the Era of COVID-19: Overcoming Global Health’s Triple Crisis
• Sepsis and antimicrobial resistance: An urgent call to strengthening health information systems
• Sepsis & Antimicrobial Resistance – Chichewa (Timveni TV Interview)
• Antimicrobial Resistance: A Global, One Health Concern
• Antimicrobial Resistance: A Global, One Health Concern – Factsheet
• Antimicrobial Resistance: A Global, One Health Concern – Dr Joseph Nkhoma
• The role of the media in the fight against antibiotic resistance: Antibiotic Awareness Week 2019
• What is Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)? – Chichewa
• What is Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)? – English
• Raising public awareness on antibiotic resistance in Malawi: Antibiotic Awareness Week 2019
• The Big Walk: Antibiotic Awareness Week 2019 Highlights

World Antibiotic Awareness Week (WAAW) is an annual observance that highlights the steps everyone can take to improve antibiotic use. The one-week awareness campaign aims to increase global awareness of antibiotic resistance (AMR) and to encourage best practices among the general public, health workers and policy-makers to avoid the further emergence and spread of antibiotic resistance.

Antibiotics have served as the cornerstone of modern medicine. However, the persistent overuse and misuse of antibiotics in human and animal health have encouraged the emergence and spread of AMR, which occurs when microbes, such as bacteria, become resistant to the drugs used to treat them.