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WORLD ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE AWARENESS WEEK (WAAW) November 18-24, 2024 Educate, Advocate, Act Now! Facts About Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR): AMR happens when bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites stop responding to medicines, making infections harder or even impossible to treat. • USD 3.4 Trillion: Predicted yearly global economic loss by 2030. • Top 10 Health Threats: Identified as one of the top global health challenges. • 5 Million Deaths Annually: AMR is associated with millions of deaths worldwide. • Why It Matters: AMR can turn treatable infections into life-threatening conditions. Immediate action is needed to prevent a healthcare crisis. Contact Us for More Information: Email: drug.information@duhs.edu.pk

Antimicrobial resistance! Antimicrobial resistance!! Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a critical global public health threat where pathogens develop resistance to drugs intended to eliminate them. This phenomenon directly caused 1.27 million global deaths in 2019 and contributed to 4.95 million deaths. #WorldHealthOrganization. The primary drivers of AMR are the misuse and overuse of antimicrobials in humans, animals, and plants. The mechanism behind this silent pandemic involves pathogens undergoing antigenic variations and mutations on their surfaces due to prior exposure to specific drugs that were ineffective in eradicating the pathogen completely. Subsequent exposure of the pathogen to the same drug during a secondary infection fails to work due to acquired resistance. #BrightAckah An effective strategy is needed to combat this growing effect. #TedxUniversityofCapeCoast .

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the greatest challenges facing global health today. It occurs when microorganisms like bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites evolve to resist the drugs designed to kill them, rendering treatments ineffective. This silent pandemic threatens to undo decades of medical progress, putting millions of lives at risk from once-treatable infections.

1,3 million deaths annually. One of the top 10 global threats. Antimicrobial resistance (#AMR) is a silent yet increasingly urgent danger to global health. 🚨When bacteria no longer respond to antimicrobial treatments, we lose vital tools in the fight against infections. Antibiotics and other life-saving drugs become ineffective – with devastating consequences. 🔷 “Educate. Advocate. Act now.” 🔷 This is the theme of World AMR Awareness Week #WAAW, aiming to raise awareness of this critical issue and drive actionable solutions. A key strategy in combating antibiotic resistance lies in reducing the use of unnecessary antibiotics. This is where innovative technologies like #coldplasma come into play, offering powerful antibacterial effects and groundbreaking potential w/o causing resistances. 💡 With our innovative plasma jet technology, we are transforming #healthcare by enhancing wound treatment in in-patient and out-patient health care, while playing a crucial role in the fight against multidrug-resistant pathogens.

AMR occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites no longer respond to antibiotics and other antimicrobial medicines. This makes infections difficult or impossible to treat, which increases the risk of disease spread, severe illness and death. Let’s create awareness about this and help to make a healthy and safe society. Eldorado - World Antibiotics/ Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week 18 to 24 November 2024 #Eldorado #biotech #worldantibioticsday #antimicrobialresistanceawareness

Antimicrobial resistance is one of the top global public health and development threats. It is estimated that bacterial AMR was directly responsible for 1.27 million global deaths in 2019 and contributed to 4.95 million deaths- World Health Organization. Antimicrobial Resistance occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites no longer respond to antimicrobial medicines. As a result of drug resistance, antibiotics and other antimicrobial medicines become ineffective, and infections become difficult or impossible to treat, increasing the risk of disease spread, severe illness, disability, and death. AMR is a natural process that happens over time through genetic changes in pathogens. Its emergence and spread are accelerated by human activity, mainly the misuse and overuse of antimicrobials to treat, prevent, or control infections in humans, animals, and plants. 𝐋𝐞𝐭'𝐬 𝐒𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐓𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫: 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐝, 𝐬𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬. Discover how Veraco is leading the way against #Antimicrobialresistance. By implementing our Antimicrobial touchpoint covers, you can contribute to the fight against resistant microbes and protect your staff and patients. Contact us: https://lnkd.in/d9EcqqKe Take action now to make a difference! #GermFreeSpaces #FightAMR #HealthcareProtection #AntimicrobialProtection #InfectionControl #SmartHygiene #ResistResistance #CleanSafeSpaces #SmartSurfaces #VERACO

As a patient, one of my biggest challenges in overcoming Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) was understanding what it actually meant. It was only after grasping this concept that I could take a more active role in my own care. Unfortunately, most patients and the public remain unaware of this global emergency and how it affects them personally. While communicating the complexities of AMR is challenging, it must become a priority so that the seriousness of this issue becomes common knowledge. The AMR Narrative have created a 90-second short video to explain the basics below. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to watch the full video: https://lnkd.in/dKpXeYAB #theAMRnarrative #AMR #AntimicrobialResistance #HealthLiteracy #PatientsIncluded #PatientAdvocacy

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a significant threat to global health and economies. As bacteria, viruses, and other pathogens evolve to resist antimicrobial treatments, infections become harder to treat, leading to prolonged illness, higher mortality rates, and the spread of resistant infections. Economically, AMR increases healthcare costs due to longer hospital stays, the need for more expensive drugs, and the loss of productivity as patients take longer to recover. In the worst-case scenarios, untreatable infections may lead to public health crises, putting further strain on healthcare systems and economic stability worldwide. The patient's specimen culture in the attachment demonstrated a resistant to almost all antibiotıics.

How prepared are we to face the growing threat of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)? AMR is one of the greatest threats to global health, with the potential to bring us back to a time when common infections could become deadly. In our latest blog, "Projections and Solutions Against Antimicrobial Resistance: How to Avoid the Worst Global Scenario", we explore: • Alarming projections for AMR • Key strategies to prevent its spread • Innovations that could shape the future of medicine Read the full blog here and join the fight against this global threat: https://lnkd.in/e9HtPF8w #AntimicrobialResistance #GlobalHealth #MedicalInnovation #AMR #ClinicalResearch #Healthcare #SustainableSolutions #FutureOfMedicine ha

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing threat to global health, with nearly 5 million deaths linked to #AMR in 2019. At the UN High-Level Meeting on AMR, one major goal is a 10% reduction in AMR-related deaths by 2030. This comment published in #thelancet highlights one of the issues we need to address: Our over-reliance on traditional blood cultures and how we need to embrace culture-independent diagnostics. https://lnkd.in/eMmZH47y #AMR #Diagnostics #UNAMR2024