9th European Antibiotic Awareness Day (EAAD), 18 November 2016

Further information:

The statement highlights the release in 2017 of a second Action Plan against Antimicrobial Resistance. It took on 29 June.

Background:

European Antibiotic Awareness Day is a European health initiative coordinated by the European Centre for Disease Control (ECDC) which aims to provide a platform and support for national campaigns on the fight against AMR and more particularly on the prudent use of antibiotics.

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is resistance of a microorganism to an antimicrobial medicine to which it was originally sensitive. AMR occurs naturally but the phenomenon is hugely increased by excessive and inappropriate use of antimicrobial medicines and poor infection control practices in animals and humans.

The European Commission marked on 18 November 2016 the ninth European Antibiotic Awareness Day (EAAD) with a statement from its Commissioner for Health and Food Safety.

• Primary Source

European Commission: DG Communication: SPEECH/16/3827, 18.11.16: Speech by Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis at the EU-Level Launch Event: European Antibiotics Awareness Day "The Future is Now" http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-16-3827_en.htm

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