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Other comic strip topics are: - addressing MDR TB
- antibiotic use studies
- availability of antibiotics
- infection control
- neonatal sepsis
- incomplete doses
- substandard medicines
- hand hygiene
- washing hands
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5-7/05/2010: Nairobi workshop |
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From May 5th to 7th 2010, EPN and its partner MSH organized a workshop on Antimicrobial Resistance in Nairobi, Kenya. This third AMR workshop, Beyond Awareness: Consolidating Actions for AMR Containment, was a review workshop to share progress on AMR activities and interventions from prior workshops (Moshi 2008 and Kigali 2009) and to make further plans for addressing AMR advocacy and containment issues on AMR. The workshop was attended by 19 participants from 15 countries. The workshop was presented over 3 days, May 5-7, 2010, and included presentations on AMR, tools, reports from participants on progress of workplans, development of new workplans, and revision of EPN tools for addressing AMR. Click here  (904.83 kB) to see the workshop report which includes some photos and proposed objectives and country action plans on AMR. Back to AMR Campaign |
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23-27/11/2009: Kigali (Rwanda) workshop on AMR and Infection control |
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EPN - with technical support from the USAID supported MSH/SPS programme - conducted a successful Francophone workshop on AMR and Infection Control in Rwanda, from November 23rd to 27th 2009. The workshop was attended by mainly medical doctors and pharmacists from Rwanda, Benin, Togo, DRC, Cameroon, Central African Republic and Chad, 4 participants from MSH/SPS Rwanda and a representative from the Pharmacy Task Force (PTF)/Ministry of Health Rwanda. The USAID programme Strengthening Pharmaceutical Systems (SPS) developed an Infection Control Assessment Tool, which provides an approach that can be used by hospital staff to identify and solve infection control problems economically and practically in low-resource health care facilities. Participants shared experiences on AMR and Infection Control from their countries. SPS's Infection Control Self Assessment Tool was applied in a successful field visit to Kibagagaba Hospital in Kigali where the participants covered 4 modules. The participants found the workshop relevant and the ICAT tool very useful and were ready to implement the ICAT in their own settings. Below you can download the workshop presentation, report and other outputs. Click here to see some pictures of the event. Back to AMR Campaign |
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On this page you can download several publications (PDF) containing more information about antimicrobial resistance. - AMR fact sheet (343.37 kB) a publication by EPN, for Health professionals.
- Antimicrobial resistance: a global threat (902.37 kB) a double issue of the Essential Drugs Monitor, 2000, N° 28 & 29 by the World Health Organization, which focusses on Antimicrobial resistance.
- Alien species cost Africa billions (106.76 kB) an article by Alex Kirby, BBC News, February 5th 2003 + Understanding antimicrobial resistance, a publication by the US National Institutes of Health.
- Strategies for the prevention and containment of antibiotic resistance (145.2 kB) by Professor Essack et al. of the School of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of Kwazulu-Natal. Published inSA Farm Pract, 2006, 48 (1).
- Growing problem of multidrug-resistant entheric pathogens in Africa (248.81 kB) by assistant professor Okeke et al. of Haverford College, USA. Published in Emerging Infectious Diseases, November 2007, 13 (11).
- Antimicrobial resistance among Neisseria gonorrhoeae (46.93 kB) a report for the quarterly (April to June 2008) surveillance of antimicrobial resistance among Neisseria ghonorrhoeae, by the Antibiotic Reference Laboratory of the Institute of Environmental Science & Research Limited, New Zealand.
- Global overview of antimicrobial resistance: historical perspectives (87.23 kB) a lecture by Jae-Hoon Song, Division of Infectious Diseases of the Samsung Medical Center in Korea.
- Antibiotic resistance in Africa - Discerning the enemy and plotting a defense (235.46 kB) by Iruka Okeke of Haverford College and Anibal Sosa of the Alliance for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics.
- Meeting the challenge of antibiotic resistance (200.69 kB) Otto Cars and colleagues warn that a concerted global response is needed. Published in the British Medical Journal, September 2008.
Interesting websites: Back to top Back to AMR Campaign |
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13/08/2009: EPN - UON public education forum |
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NAIROBI - The Ecumenical Pharmaceutical Network (EPN) and University of Nairobi (UON) College of Health Science, hosted a public education forum to discuss the growing problem of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and explore ways of preserving the effectiveness of the available medicines. The public forum took place on 13th August 2009 at the University of Nairobi (UON), School of Medicine, Kenyatta National Hospital. Click here to read the media advisory:
http://www.essentialdrugs.org/edrug/archive/200908/msg00012.php Below you can find some of the presentations that were given during the public education forum: Back to AMR Campaign
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Rational antibiotic use in the era of antimicrobial resistance (