The Centre for Health Protection will hold a series of activities from November 16 to 22 to promote the World Health Organisation's World Antibiotic Awareness Week.
It is part of the WHO’s Antibiotics: Handle with Care campaign aimed at increasing the awareness of people and healthcare workers on antimicrobial resistance.
Antibiotics should be used to treat bacterial infections only with a doctor’s prescription and should never be shared. The full course of treatment should be completed.
Seven-hundred healthcare professionals, including doctors, nurses and pharmacists, have so far signed up at the I Pledge education resources website set up as part of the promotional activities.
The centre has called for more to join the pledge.
Other activities include competitions and publicity events.
Click here for competition details, and here for an article on the awareness drive.
