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    Source: WHO (https://who.canto.global/v/campaigns/album/VH579).   At BMJ Open, we wish to highlight events and topics of significance to our readers. Today saw the launch of the annual Antimicrobial Awareness Week (18-24 November 2021), promoted by the World Health Organization (WHO) since 2015. The theme for this year’s awareness week is “Spread awareness, stop resistance.” A series […]Read…

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    Often events designed to raise the profile of particular health issues or diseases are accompanied by statements measuring progress over the past year or so. For World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW), Nov 18–24, the message is somewhat simpler: know that antimicrobial resistance (AMR) exists and treat antimicrobials as the precious resource that they are. In a WHO video announcing WAAW, WHO…

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    The Antibiotic Stewardship Toolkits provide materials to develop an antibiotic stewardship program, engage frontline staff in improving prescribing behavior, and diagnose and treat hospitalized patients with common infectious syndromes.

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    The Four Moments of Antibiotic Decision Making are the critical points of antibiotic decision making. Clinicians can use the Four Moments framework for all patients receiving antibiotics and whenever the need for antibiotics is being considered.

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    Common illnesses and what you can do to feel better and when you need to see a doctor.

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