From 18 to 24 November 2024 was the World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week (WAAW) on the theme Act Now: Protect Our Present, Secure Our Future. Each year, this is an opportunity to raise awareness of the problem of antimicrobial resistance among the general public (and also among professionals in every sector – human, animal and environmental), and to promote best practice in this area.
Numerous organisations, institutions and other players took the opportunity to disseminate key information (reports, publications, articles, tools, videos, etc.) on antimicrobial resistance, the global One Health approach and, more generally, on antimicrobial resistance.
The PROMISE meta-network has compiled a non-exhaustive list of the most important news items for World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week.
- Ministry of Health
- Publication of the dossier on antibiotic resistance compiled with Antibio’Malin [FR]
- Ministère of Agriculture
- Publication of the results of the 2025 call for projects under the Ecoantibio 3 [FR]
- Santé Publique France
- Publication of the summary Prévention de la résistance aux antibiotiques : une démarche ‘Une Seule Santé’ [FR]
- Publication of the report Consommation d’antibiotiques en secteur de ville en France 2014-2024 [FR]
- See related news Les prescriptions et la consommation d’antibiotiques en secteur de ville augmentent en 2024 [FR]
- Publication of the infographic Prescriptions d’antibiotiques en médecine de ville : augmentation en 2024 [FR]
- Santé Publique France – RéPIA, SPARES national mission
- Santé Publique France – RéPIA, PRIMO national mission
- European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control – ECDC
- Publication of the report Surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in Europe, 2024 data
- Publication of the report Antimicrobial resistance in the EU/EEA (EARS-Net) – Annual Epidemiological Report for 2024
- Publication of the report Antimicrobial consumption in the EU/EEA (ESAC-Net) – Annual Epidemiological Report 2024
- Publication of the report External quality assessment (EQA) of performance of laboratories participating in the European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Network (EARS-Net)
- See related news Time to act and not react: how can the European Union turn the tide of antimicrobial resistance?
- Anses
- Publication of the report Médicaments antimicrobiens chez l’animal : surveillance des ventes et des usages pour l’année 2024 [FR]
- Publication of the report Réseau d’épidémiosurveillance de l’antibiorésistance des bactéries pathogènes animales (Résapath). Bilan 2024 [FR]
- EU-JAMRAI 2
- Campaign 2025 #SketchingAntimicrobialResistance of the European Joint Action on Antimicrobial Resistance and Healthcare-Associated Infections
- PROMISE
- Launch of the interactive website Antibio, ça résiste… Tous concernés, tous actifs ! [FR]
Not to mention other noteworthy information from recent weeks:
- European Commission
- European Partnership on One Health Antimicrobial Resistance
- Launch of the first joint EUP OHAMR transnational call for projects ‘Treatments and adherence to treatment protocols‘, bringing together 37 funding organizations from 28 different countries.
- Launch of a survey to identify needs for strengthening research capacity in the field of antimicrobial resistance.
- World Health Organization (WHO)
- Publication of the report Global antibiotic resistance surveillance report 2025
- Publication of 2024 antimicrobial resistance data for the WHO European Region on the new WHO AMR Dashboard
- World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH)
- Nature Communications
- Collection of articles on antimicrobial resistance for all pathogens (bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites)