World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW) aims to increase awareness of global antimicrobialresistance (AMR) and to encourage best practices among the general public, health workers and policy makers to avoid the further emergence and spread of drug-resistant infections.
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) occurs when bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites resist the effects of medications, making common infections harder to treat and increasing the risk of disease spread, severe illness and death.
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抗微生物药物包括抗生素、抗病毒药物、抗真菌药和抗原虫药,是抗击人类、动物和植物疾病的重要工具。
Antimicrobials are agents that are critical tools for fighting diseases in humans, animals and plants and include antibiotic, antiviral, antifungal and antiprotozoal medicines.
Multiple factors – including overuse of medicines in humans, livestock, and agriculture, as well as poor access to clean water, sanitation and hygiene – have accelerated the threat of antimicrobial resistance worldwide.
Following a stakeholder's consultation meeting in May 2020 organized by the Tripartite Organizations (the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and WHO) the scope of WAAW was expanded, changing its focus from "antibiotics" to the more encompassing and inclusive term "antimicrobials".
Expanding the scope of the campaign to all antimicrobials will facilitate a more inclusive global response to antimicrobial resistance and support a multisectoral One Health Approach with increased stakeholder engagement.
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三方执行委员会已决定从2020年起将每年的世界提高抗微生物药物认识周固定在11月18日至24日。
The Tripartite Executive Committee has decided to fix WAAW dates to 18-24 November every year starting from 2020.The slogan for 2020 will be "Antimicrobials: handle with care" applicable to all sectors.
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2020年所有部门通用的口号为“审慎对待抗微生物药物”。
The theme for the human health sector for WAAW 2020 is “United to preserve antimicrobials".
A global action plan to tackle the growing problem of resistance to antibiotics and other antimicrobial medicines was endorsed at the Sixty-eighth World Health Assembly in May 2015.
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该计划的一个重要目标是通过有效的宣传、教育和培训来提高对抗微生物药物耐药性问题的认识和了解。
One of the key objectives of the plan is to improve awareness and understanding of antimicrobial resistance through effective communication, education and training.