World Antibiotic Awareness Week is held annually in November. The aim is to draw attention to the role of effective and responsible use of antibiotics in preventing and containing antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Antibiotic Awareness Week is an initiative to highlight the appropriate use of antibiotics to add to the avoidance of further emergence and spread of AMR. AMR is already impacting on the care of patients and current developments indicate this will have an increasing affect over time.
Why is antibiotic resistance such a major concern?
Antibiotics are lifesaving medications, but only if they work against the organism causing infection. If we don’t address the issue of antibiotic resistance there may be infections for which there are no available treatments. Antibiotic resistance may impact on life saving health care, such as cancer treatments or organ transplants, as antibiotics will not be effective to prevent infections that are commonly associated with these procedures.
WHO described antibiotic resistance as one of the greatest threats to human and animal health, including food and agriculture.
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