World Antimicrobial Awareness Week – November 18 to 24, 2023
Celebrated annually, the World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW) aims to increase awareness of global antimicrobial resistance and to encourage best practices among the general public, health workers and policy makers to avoid the further emergence and spread of drug-resistant infections.
A global action plan to tackle the growing problem of resistance to antibiotics and other antimicrobial medicines was endorsed at the Sixty-eighth World Health Assembly in May 2015. One of the key objectives of the plan is to improve awareness and understanding of antimicrobial resistance through effective communication, education and training. For more information please visit: https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-antimicrobial-awareness-week or https://antibioticawareness.ca/
AMMI Canada Asymptomatic Bacteriuria Tool Kit