Giuseppe
Emeritus
[Source: Eurosurveillance, full text: (LINK). Extract, edited.]
Eurosurveillance, Volume 16, Issue 46, 17 November 2011
News
European Antibiotic Awareness Day provides platform for campaigns on prudent use of antibiotics for the fourth time
Eurosurveillance editorial team (
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Citation style for this article: Eurosurveillance editorial team. European Antibiotic Awareness Day provides platform for campaigns on prudent use of antibiotics for the fourth time. Euro Surveill. 2011;16(46)
ii=20018. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20018
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Antibiotic resistance restricts therapeutic options for treatment of bacterial infections and may put patients at risk. It is thus a major public health issue in Europe and globally. The European Antibiotic Awareness Day (EAAD) is a European health initiative coordinated with the involvement of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) that aims to provide a platform and support for national campaigns about prudent antibiotic use [1]. It falls in the week of 18 November every year and sets the date for the launch of national campaigns.
On the occasion of the upcoming fourth EAAD, the surveillance data on antibiotic resistance, gathered by the European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Network (EARS-Net, a network coordinated by ECDC), are released in a new report [2] and a European Commission five-year action plan to tackle antimicrobial resistance is launched [3].
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Eurosurveillance, Volume 16, Issue 46, 17 November 2011
News
European Antibiotic Awareness Day provides platform for campaigns on prudent use of antibiotics for the fourth time
Eurosurveillance editorial team (
- European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
Citation style for this article: Eurosurveillance editorial team. European Antibiotic Awareness Day provides platform for campaigns on prudent use of antibiotics for the fourth time. Euro Surveill. 2011;16(46)
ii=20018. Available online: http://www.eurosurveillance.org/ViewArticle.aspx?ArticleId=20018 Date of submission: <HR>
Antibiotic resistance restricts therapeutic options for treatment of bacterial infections and may put patients at risk. It is thus a major public health issue in Europe and globally. The European Antibiotic Awareness Day (EAAD) is a European health initiative coordinated with the involvement of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) that aims to provide a platform and support for national campaigns about prudent antibiotic use [1]. It falls in the week of 18 November every year and sets the date for the launch of national campaigns.
On the occasion of the upcoming fourth EAAD, the surveillance data on antibiotic resistance, gathered by the European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Network (EARS-Net, a network coordinated by ECDC), are released in a new report [2] and a European Commission five-year action plan to tackle antimicrobial resistance is launched [3].
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