Communication/Awareness raising Working Group

Members

This working group brings together several networks involved in training, awareness raising and communication activities around antibiotic resistance and/or the proper use of antibiotics:

  • RéPIA MATIS (Santé Publique France)
  • ANEPF (Association Nationale des Etudiants en Pharmacie de France)
  • R-CRAtb (Réseau des Centres Régionaux en Antibiothérapie)
  • R2A2 (Réseau Recherche Antibiotiques Animal – INRAe)
  • GRAIE (Groupe de Recherche Rhône-Alpes sur les Infrastructures et l’Eau)
  • SPILF (Société de pathologie infectieuse de langue française) 

Co-leaders:

  • Anne-Gaëlle Venier (Mission MATIS)
  • Florence Lieutier Colas (AntibioEst CRAtb Grand Est)

Tasks

Their audiences are different and complementary: junior and senior prescribers, pharmacists, and other health professionals (human health, animal health), water managers, general public, etc.

They already use social networks such as X, Facebook, LinkedIn, Youtube and their websites.

By working together, these networks will be able to increase awareness of the general public on this issue, inform their own network, but also pharmaceutical companies, decision-makers, institutions, patient associations to change practices.

Objectives:

  • Promote the sharing of information, knowledge and skills
  • Strengthen the skills of network members
  • Make people aware of antimicrobial resistance and One Health.

Key achievements

  • Mini-site ‘Antibiotics, it’s resisting: everyone is affected, everyone can take action!’
    • Coming soon
  • Production of videos on antibiotic resistance and the One Health global approach (with ANEPF):
    • ‘What is antibiotic resistance?’ (animation)
    • ‘Antibiotics: what are the risks of misuse?’ (animation)
    • ‘The microbiota: bacteria that are good for us?’ (animation)
    • ‘What does antibiotic resistance mean to you?’ (street interviews).
  • Dissemination of information and production of content:
    • Website, social media (Linkedin & X), monthly newsletter
  • (Co)Organisation of community events:
    • After-work event on ‘Antibiotic resistance and prevention issues’ on 20 June 2025 in Paris (ANEPF)
    • Thematic seminar on ‘The One Health approach to antibiotic resistance: cross-impacts of human, animal and environmental practices’ on 15 November 2024 in Paris
    • 8th Water & Health Conference ‘Micropollutants linked to healthcare practices and antibiotic resistance: characterisation, impact and reduction’ on 14 and 15 November 2023 in Villeurbanne (Graie)
    • Thematic seminar ‘Between ecological impacts and stock shortages, what choices for the antibiotic therapy of tomorrow?’ on 14 November 2022 in Paris
  • Publication of articles :
    • Advocacy for Responsible Antibiotic Production and Use. Antibiotics (Basel) 2022 Jul 20;11(7):980. doi: 10.3390/antibiotics11070980
    • The Production of Antibiotics Must Be Reoriented: Repositioning Old Narrow-Spectrum Antibiotics, Developing New Microbiome-Sparing Antibiotics. Antibiotics (Basel) 2022 Jul 8;11(7):924. doi: 10.3390/antibiotics11070924
  • Exploratory work on the representations of antimicrobial resistance among PROMISE members
    • Method: semi-directed interviews with a sample of 23 experts from each PROMISE network
    • Identification of unifying and consensual points, points not mastered by all and courses of action