Thread by @WHO

This week is World Antibiotic Awareness Week!

The rise of #AntibioticResistance is a global threat.
It can affect anyone,
of any age,
in any country
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Proper use of antibiotics is key to #StopDrugResistance.
The future of #antibiotics depends on all of us.

It's World Antibiotics Awareness Week.

The rise of #AntibioticResistance is threatening our ability to treat common infectious diseases, resulting in prolonged illness, disability & death bit.ly/33WZI2x

The future of #antibiotics depends on all of us.

@WHO_Europe @WHOSEARO @pahowho @WHOEMRO @WHOWPRO @WHOAFRO @DrTedros @UN_News_Centre Overuse and misuse of antibiotics are the leading causes of antimicrobial resistance. Without effective #antibiotics💊 and other antimicrobials, we will lose our ability to treat common infections like pneumonia.

The future of antibiotics depends on all of us.

@WHO_Europe @WHOSEARO @pahowho @WHOEMRO @WHOWPRO @WHOAFRO @DrTedros @UN_News_Centre Failing to tackle #AntimicrobialResistance, especially by improving the way we use #antibiotics💊, will:
🔺prevent us from treating serious and even common infections
🔺make surgery riskier
🔺place mothers’ and their newborns’ lives at risk
🔺deplete health resources

@WHO_Europe @WHOSEARO @pahowho @WHOEMRO @WHOWPRO @WHOAFRO @DrTedros @UN_News_Centre In tackling #AntimicrobialResistance, WHO introduced a tool that indexes the most effective #antibiotics into 3 groups:
💊ACCESS
💊WATCH
💊RESERVE
to help policy-makers, doctors and prescribers on which antibiotics to use when
bit.ly/WHOAWaRe

@WHO_Europe @WHOSEARO @pahowho @WHOEMRO @WHOWPRO @WHOAFRO @DrTedros @UN_News_Centre #Antibiotics 💊 in the ACCESS category - such as amoxicillin and cloxacillin, should be available in all health facilities as the preferred choice to treat common infections.
Full list of antibiotics under this category: bit.ly/WHOAWaRe #AntimicrobialResistance

@WHO_Europe @WHOSEARO @pahowho @WHOEMRO @WHOWPRO @WHOAFRO @DrTedros @UN_News_Centre Using #antibiotics 💊 in the ACCESS category - such as amoxicillin and cloxacillin, lowers the risk of #AntimicrobialResistance because they target a specific microorganism rather than several.
They are also less costly because they are available in generic formulations

@WHO_Europe @WHOSEARO @pahowho @WHOEMRO @WHOWPRO @WHOAFRO @DrTedros @UN_News_Centre The use of #antibiotics 💊 under the WATCH category - such as ciprofloxacin, erythromycin - should be dramatically reduced to avoid further development of #AntimicrobialResistance. They must be used sparingly.

Full list of antibiotics under this category: bit.ly/WHOAWaRe

@WHO_Europe @WHOSEARO @pahowho @WHOEMRO @WHOWPRO @WHOAFRO @DrTedros @UN_News_Centre Overuse and misuse of antibiotics are the leading causes of #AntimicrobialResistance.

Without effective #antibiotics💊 and other antimicrobials, we will lose our ability to treat common infections like pneumonia bit.ly/WHOAWaRe

@WHO_Europe @WHOSEARO @pahowho @WHOEMRO @WHOWPRO @WHOAFRO @DrTedros @UN_News_Centre Antibiotics 💊 under RESERVE category, such as colistin - should be considered last-resort options and used only in the most severe circumstances when all other alternatives have failed, such as for life-threatening infections due to multidrug-resistant bacteria

@WHO_Europe @WHOSEARO @pahowho @WHOEMRO @WHOWPRO @WHOAFRO @DrTedros @UN_News_Centre To reduce the spread of #AntimicrobialResistance,
@WHO urges:
⬆️increase the proportion of global consumption of #antibiotics💊 in the ACCESS group - such as amoxicilin to at least 60%
⬇️reduce use of the antibiotics💊 most at risk of resistance from the WATCH and RESERVE groups

@WHO_Europe @WHOSEARO @pahowho @WHOEMRO @WHOWPRO @WHOAFRO @DrTedros @UN_News_Centre Currently, it is estimated that more than 50% of #antibiotics 💊 in many countries are used inappropriately, such as for treatment of viruses when they only treat bacterial infections, use of the wrong antibiotic, thus contributing to the spread of #AntimicrobialResistance

@WHO_Europe @WHOSEARO @pahowho @WHOEMRO @WHOWPRO @WHOAFRO @DrTedros @UN_News_Centre @UN One of the most pressing concerns is the spread of resistant gram-negative bacteria, including Acinetobacter, E.coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae - commonly seen in hospitalized patients, causing infections like pneumonia, bloodstream infections, wound or surgical site infections

@WHO_Europe @WHOSEARO @pahowho @WHOEMRO @WHOWPRO @WHOAFRO @DrTedros @UN_News_Centre @UN When antibiotics 💊 stop working effectively, more expensive treatments and hospital admissions are needed, taking a heavy toll on already stretched health budgets bit.ly/WHOAWaRe #AntibioticResistance

@WHO_Europe @WHOSEARO @pahowho @WHOEMRO @WHOWPRO @WHOAFRO @DrTedros @UN_News_Centre @UN The future of #antibiotics 💊 depends on us.

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