Antibiotics resistance is highlighted around the world

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are a serious and growing threat against the health of both humans and animals. On 18 November, the European Antibiotic Awareness Day is held to highlight antibiotic resistance. This also fires the starting gun for the international World Antimicrobial Awareness Week. The theme for this year’s week is “Preventing antimicrobial resistance together”.

Resistant bacteria are spread in many different ways, for example directly between humans and animals, or indirectly via foods and the environment. For this reason, we must all help to slow down this development.

The Swedish Research Council participates in a national collaboration function with 25 Swedish public agencies and organisations that work to combat antibiotic resistance.

The Swedish Research Council is also responsible for a national research programme on antibiotic resistance and hosts the secretariat for the international collaboration on research into antimicrobial resistance, the Joint Programming Initiative on Antimicrobial Resistance (JPIAMR).

Read more about the European Antibiotic Awareness Day on the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control’s (ECDC) website External link.

Read more about the World Antimicrobial Awareness Week on the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) website External link.

Read more about the national collaboration function’s work on the Public Health Agency of Sweden’s website (in Swedish). External link.