‘Fight AMR! Save medicines for our children’ is a campaign of EPN and its partners aimed at raising awareness about the challenge of Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) among all relevant stakeholders.

The campaign is intended to stimulate renewed attention to fighting AMR both locally and globally. The key campaign tool is a call to action document developed by representatives from the EPN membership in Moshi, Tanzania in November 2008. The call to action is targeted at all the different groups of stakeholders who are in position to contribute to implementation of the containment actions that have been defined in the WHO Global Strategy for Containment of Antimicrobial Resistance (2001). Apart from using the call to reach out to the relevant stakeholders, EPN members have undertaken a number of other activities including:

• Sensitization seminars for health professionals in Malawi, Togo, Kenya, Cameroon and Nigeria.
• Education for children and high school students on rational use of antibiotics in Moldova and India.
• Research to investigate knowledge and perceptions on Antibiotic use and Antimicrobial resistance in Sierra Leone and Tanzania.

The campaign draws particular attention to the following areas of intervention: infection control, promoting effective diagnosis, improving prescribing practices and encouraging optimal use of antimicrobial agents.

Click here to download the 'Call to action' - brochure (PDF) in your language: 

•  Fight AMR Call to Action-English (2.34 MB)
•  Fight AMR Call to Action-French (2.62 MB)
•  Fight AMR Call to Action-Spanish (2.58 MB)
•  Fight AMR Call to Action-Russian (2.72 MB)

Comic strips and Illustrations

The comic strips and illustrations are aimed at reinforcing the various messages on containment. AMR containment requires collective action. The production of these comic strips and illustrations was possible through funding from the USAID supported SPS program of Management Sciences for Health. A total of 10 comic strips on antimicrobial resistance were developed. They are available to members on request. Please contact us for more information.
Click here to read the comic strip on community AMR awareness.

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Resources

•  Infection Control Assessment Tool (1.35 MB)
•  Infection Control Assessment Tool user manual (117.84 kB)
•  WHO Global strategy for containment of AMR (498.19 kB)
•  AMR fact sheet (343.37 kB)

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Read more:

• 23-27/11/2009: Kigali (Rwanda) workshop on AMR and infection control
• 13/08/2009: EPN - UON public education forum
• 20/05/2009: EPN and ReAct launch AMR campaign
• 10/11/2008: Moshi (Tanzania) workshop 
• Further reading on AMR