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The theme for WAAW 2024 is: Educate. Advocate. Act now. Essity is proud to continue the efforts to spread awareness about antimicrobial resistance and taking a lead in the fight to tackle AMR.
Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week
World AMR Awareness Week (WAAW) is an annual global week dedicated to increase the awareness of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and encourages best practices among the general public, health workers and policy makers to avoid the further emergence and spread of drug-resistant infections.
Stand Together Against AMR
If we don't act now, we could have 10 million deaths resulting from antimicrobial resistance by 20501. It has even been recently estimated that there were already 4.95 million deaths associated with antimicrobial resistance in 2019 alone2 .
Watch the video above to learn more.
One front. One fight in confronting antimicrobial resistance: find out how to tackle the AMR threat in this video, produced by BBC StoryWorks Commercial Productions, as part of a series presented by MedTech Europe.
In this episode of "Connecting the Dots" you can find out how Sorbact® Technology dressings bind, inhibit and remove bacteria without the release of active substances and that they can be a powerful tool for healthcare professionals to combat AMR in wound care.
At Essity, we recognize the importance of tackling AMR and address the growing concern of the “silent pandemic”.
We invite you to join us and take a closer look at how Sorbact Technology dressings can help support our collective effort against AMR. Including the latest evidence on reducing the need for antibiotics in the care of mothers recovering from a caesarean section surgery3,4.
What is Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS)?
AMR occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites (microbes) no longer respond to medicines, making common infections harder to treat and increasing the risk of disease spread, severe illness and death. Many factors have accelerated the threat of AMR worldwide—including overuse and misuse of medicines in humans, livestock and agriculture, as well as poor access to clean water, sanitation and hygiene.
Antimicrobial Stewardship refers to an organizational or healthcare system-wide approach to promoting and monitoring judicious use of antimicrobials to preserve their future effectiveness. Antimicrobial Stewardship in wound management is one example gaining increasing attention where innovative solutions may reduce the need for, or avoid the inappropriate use of, antibiotics in wound management5.
