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For the 2024 edition of WAAW, our team put together a stop-motion animation explaining antimicrobial resistance

World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week

 The World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week (WAAW) aims to increase awareness of global antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and to encourage best practices for using antimicrobials responsibly among the general public, health workers and policy makers, to avoid the further emergence and spread of drug-resistant infections. The focus for WAAW and EAAD in England is normally on health and social care workers, as well as patients who have been prescribed antibiotics. Whilst this is still an important focus, especially in light of a difficult flu season, the WAAW campaign remains accessible for all members of the community to take part in and learn from, including veterinary, food, and environmental organisations and their users.

World AMR Awareness Week takes place from 18 to 24 November each year. WAAW is led globally by the World Health Organization (WHO).