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SUMMARY:Fungal Disease Awareness Week
DESCRIPTION:Fungal Disease Awareness Week is September 19–23\, 2022. CDC and partners have organized this week to highlight the importance of antifungal stewardship\, reducing resistance to antifungal drugs\, and recognizing serious fungal diseases early enough in the course of a patient’s illness to provide lifesaving treatment. \nSome fungal diseases go undiagnosed\, leading to serious illness and death. Increased awareness about fungal diseases is one of the most important ways we can improve early recognition and reduce delays in diagnosis and treatment. A key clue to when a sick person may have a fungal disease is that he or she is being treated with medicine for another type of infection but does not get better. \nWe encourage healthcare providers and patients to “Think Fungus” when symptoms of infection do not get better with treatment. The quicker doctors can diagnose the right illness\, the quicker patients can be treated the right way. \n \nIt’s important to consider fungal diseases in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic because the symptoms of some fungal diseases can be like those of COVID-19\, including  fever\, cough\, and shortness of breath. To provide appropriate care\, laboratory testing is necessary to tell if a person has a fungal infection or COVID-19. \nConfirming diagnosis of fungal infections can also help avoid unnecessary prescription of antifungals\, which could increase resistance to antifungal drugs. \nAntifungal drugs treat fungal infections by killing or stopping the growth of dangerous fungi in the body. Fungi can develop antimicrobial resistance\, when germs like bacteria and fungi develop the ability to defeat the drugs designed to kill them—that means the germs are not killed and continue to grow. Currently\, only a small number of antifungal drug types exist\, so resistance can severely limit treatment options.
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SUMMARY:Antimicrobial Awareness Week
DESCRIPTION:The World Antimicrobial Awareness Week and U.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week take place 18-24 November 2022.\n \nAntimicrobial resistance (AMR) occurs when bacteria\, viruses\, fungi and parasites change over time and no longer respond to medicines\, making infections harder to treat and increasing the risk of disease spread\, severe illness and death. As a result of drug resistance\, antibiotics and other antimicrobial medicines become ineffective and infections become increasingly difficult or impossible to treat. Researchers estimated that AMR in bacteria caused an estimated 1.27 million deaths in 20191. \nA global action plan to tackle the growing problem of resistance to antibiotics and other antimicrobial medicines was endorsed at the Sixty-eighth World Health Assembly in May 2015. One of the key objectives of the plan is to improve awareness and understanding of AMR through effective communication\, education and training. \nWorld Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW) is a global campaign that is celebrated annually to improve awareness and understanding of AMR and encourage best practices among the public\, One Health stakeholders and policymakers\, who all play a critical role in reducing the further emergence and spread of AMR. \nThis year\, the theme of WAAW is “Preventing Antimicrobial Resistance Together.” We call on all sectors to encourage the prudent use of antimicrobials and to strengthen preventive measures addressing AMR\, working together collaboratively through a One Health approach. \nU.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week is an annual one-week observance coinciding with the global awareness effort that gives participating organizations an opportunity to raise awareness of the importance of appropriate antibiotic use to combat the threat of antibiotic resistance. \n… \n…Resources from the U.S. CDC \n\nHealthcare Professionals: Remind your patients that antibiotics are only needed to treat certain infections caused by bacteria\, not viruses like those that cause COVID-19. https://bit.ly/3k6EfOe\nHCPs: Be antibiotics aware by telling patients why they don’t need antibiotics for a virus. https://bit.ly/3BRx1pl\nHealthcare Professionals: Protect your patients. Remember to prescribe the right antibiotic\, at the right dose\, for the right duration\, and at the right time. https://bit.ly/3k6EfOe\nHealthcare Professionals: Talk to your patients about when antibiotics are and aren’t needed\, and discuss possible side effects such as C. diff\, allergic reactions\, and antibiotic-resistant infections. CDC has resources to help you educate your patients. https://bit.ly/3BRx1pl\n\nTwitter\n\n#Antibiotics aren’t needed for and won’t help treat colds\, #flu\, or #COVID19. #BeAntibioticsAware and talk to your #HCP: https://bit.ly/3l8KFyd #USAAW21\nBeing #antibiotics aware = knowing that antibiotics aren’t needed for many #sinus infections and some ear #infections. https://bit.ly/3rKkb7M #BeAntibioticsAware #USAAW21\nDuring U.S. #AntibioticAwareness Week\, #BeAntibioticsAware and learn when #antibiotics are needed and when they’re not. https://bit.ly/3l8KFyd #USAAW21\nWhen #antibiotics aren’t needed\, they won’t help you\, and the side effects could still cause harm. Learn more. https://bit.ly/3l8KFyd #BeAntibioticsAware #USAAW21\nTaking #antibiotics only when needed is one thing you can do to help fight #antibioticresistance. https://bit.ly/3laEVnM #USAAW21 #BeAntibioticsAware\nAnytime #antibiotics are used\, they can cause side effects and lead to #AntibioticResistance. #BeAntibioticsAware! https://bit.ly/3l8KFyd #USAAW21\nWe’re proud to be a #BeAntibioticsAware partner for U.S. Antibiotic Awareness Week! Learn how you can participate: https://bit.ly/3042qDw#USAAW21\n\nAntibiotics Quiz\n\nBe an antibiotics whiz. Test your knowledge about antibiotics.\n\nSepsis Resources\n\nGet Ahead of Sepsis educational effort\n\nStewardship Report\n\nCurrent Report: Antibiotic Use in the United States: Progress and Opportunities\nPast Antibiotic Prescribing and Use Reports\n\nCore Elements\n\nThe Core Elements of Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship\nThe Core Elements of Hospital Antibiotic Stewardship Programs\nThe Core Elements of Antibiotic Stewardship at Small and Critical Access Hospitals \nThe Core Elements of Antibiotic Stewardship for Nursing Homes\nThe Core Elements of Human Antibiotic Stewardship Programs in Resource-Limited Settings [PDF – 28 pages]\n\nSpanish Resources\nInformation for patients on antibiotic use and resistance in Spanish (Recursos educativos para pacientes y profesionales de atención médica.) \nAntibiotic Stewardship Training\nThis interactive web-based activity contains four sections designed to help physicians optimize antibiotic use to combat antibiotic resistance and improve healthcare quality and patient safety. \nCDC’s Antibiotic Stewardship Training Series \nInformation on specific topics related to antibiotic resistance\n\nAntibiotic Resistance\nAntibiotic Resistance Questions and Answers\nAntibiotic Resistance and Food Safety\nAntibiotic-resistant Gonorrhea\nAntibiotic-resistant Tuberculosis\n\nSources: World Health Organization\, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID)\, Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (DHQP)
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SUMMARY:One Health Day 2023
DESCRIPTION:One Health Day is observed annually on 3 November to raise global awareness about the importance of One Health collaborations. \nThis global awareness campaign brings attention to the need for a One Health approach to address shared health threats at the human-animal-environment interface and promote best practices across all sectors. \nThe theme for this year is Act Together for One Health. \nZoonotic diseases are becoming a growing health threat worldwide\, with increasing reports of outbreaks in diverse regions. The risk of emerging and reemerging disease spillover and burden has been augmented by considerable interactions among animals\, humans\, and ecosystems. The One Health approach is critical to addressing public health threats by integrating environmental issues. Emerging diseases such as Ebola\, MERS-CoV\, and COVID-19\, underline the need for concerted action across sectors. \nIn October 2022\, the Quadripartite\, consisting of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)\, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)\, the World Health Organization (WHO)\, and the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH\, formerly OIE)\, launched a new One Health Joint Plan of Action. This plan has the objective of establishing a comprehensive framework for enhancing our ability to collectively prevent\, predict\, detect\, and respond to health threats by integrating systems and building capacity. \nYou can celebrate One Health Day every day by committing to working with experts in other sectors to achieve better health outcomes for all. \n \nResources: \n\nOne Health – Basics\nOne Health Course Series\nOne Health High-Level Expert Panel (OHHLEP)\nTripartite Zoonosis Guide\nUnited Against Rabies\nStrengthening collaboration on One Health\nOne Health Initiative\nEnvironment\, Climate Change and Health\nHuman-Animal Interface Team\nInternational Health regulation\nNeglected Tropical Diseases\nNutrition and Food Safety\nSurveillance\, Prevention and Control of Antimicrobial Resistance\nA Compendium of Measures to Prevent Zoonotic Diseases Associated with Non-Traditional Pets\n\nSources: CDC\, UN Environment Programme\, ISID
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