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Provides consumer information regarding being prescribed antibiotics
Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week is held globally each year to raise awareness of antimicrobial resistance and promote the responsible use of antimicrobials.
Antimicrobial resistance has been identified as one of the greatest threats to human health today.
The prevalence of multidrug-resistant bacterial pathogens is rising worldwide. Patients with infections due to resistant bacteria experience delayed recovery and treatment failure and are more likely to die than patients with infections from non-resistant bacteria.
World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week takes place between the 18th to the 24th November.
For further information on Antimicrobial Awareness Week activities in South Australia, email HealthAntibio@sa.gov.au.