Antimicrobial Stewards: what are your plans for World AMR Awareness Week? Here are 10 ideas to make the most of #WAAW2024 pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC96… via ASHE Journal

#DidYouKnow Antimicrobial resistance makes infections harder to treat, putting lives at risk. This #AMRAwarenessWeek, let's: ✅ Educate about AMR. ✅ Advocate for responsible antibiotic use. ✅ Act Now by practicing good hygiene & spreading awareness. Together, we can fight AMR!

It’s World #AMR Awareness Week and 'Super Sally, AMR fighter' – Dame Sally Davies Master of Trinity & Prof. Dame Sally Davies - advocates two simple actions we can all take to prevent superbugs 👇 #WAAW2024 #EducateAdvocateAct The Fleming Fund See our graphic short story ow.ly/4M1m50Ub5xw

SAVE THE DATE: Join us Thursday, December 12, 2024, at 11 a.m. EST for CDC’s next AMR Exchange webinar, It’s Time for Action: Working Together to Achieve the Targets of the 2024 UNGA High-level Meeting on AMR Political Declaration. Register: amr-exchange.com.

👀 New in ASHE Journal ❤️ cambridge.org/core/journals/… “A β–lactam plus a macrolide or a respiratory fluoroquinolone alone is recommended as standard empiric antibacterial therapy for non-severe adults hospitalized with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) per Infectious Diseases

JCRC does the first mesenchymal stem cell infusion,in Sub sahara Africa, and now we can use these mscs to treat various diseases locally,no need to seek this treatment from abroad. A landmark treatment on the Ugandan soil.

You can now take a deeper dive into Health Policy and Planning’s Top 10 cited, downloaded and Altmetric articles from 2024! Read the blog, did your article make the list? Let us know 👉 bit.ly/42TNaKP

🌟 **The Superbugs GameUg: Make the Hard Stuff Easy Challenge!** 🌟 There’s a lot of stuff that’s important but too hard and complex for everyone to understand. 😓 We @superbugsgame kicked off this challenge by creating a basic mobile game to make the not-so-exciting topic of

Our team shared findings from these studies: - Trends in antimicrobial use at regional hospitals - Antibiotic use among people living with HIV - Clinical profiles of patients with resistant infections - Economic burden of AMR in Uganda Access resources: shorturl.at/oqjnW

✨Day 1 of the #AlphaFoldWorkshopUG2025 ! ACE Bioinformatics & Data Sciences is excited to host #EastAfrican researchers for a week long training in the use of #AlphaFold at Makerere University. Great thanks to Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University and Google DeepMind for the support. #AlphaFoldWorkshopUG2025

A recent study in JAMA Network Open evaluated employers' return on investment for behavioral health care programs. Authors Molly Candon and Adam Chekroud spoke with Yulin Hswen in a new JAMA+ AI podcast. ja.ma/44GRcWh

Members of the Parliamentary Forum on AMR held a strategic meeting to review the National Drug and Health Products Authority Bill 2025. Proposed amendments aim to enhance oversight, ensure drug quality, and reinforce the fight against antimicrobial resistance Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University

Carbapenem-resistant organisms (CRO) are antibiotic-resistant bacteria that threaten human health. In Open Forum Infectious Diseases, authors analyzed antimicrobial susceptibility data to characterize CRO prevalence among gram-negative cultured isolates from NYC dogs/cats. academic.oup.com/ofid/advance-a…

🗳️Raffle time! Epipocalypse: Bug Detectives is halfway thru its Kickstarter.📢 Will give away 1 copy of the game to the school, hospital, or club of choice of 2 randomly selected winners. Raffle ends Sunday AM. Every RT is an entry. Spread the good news! kickstarter.com/projects/pharm…

This is exciting! Thank you! This will be a great addition to our AMS engagement activities with clinical teams.

We are launching 3 new interactive MedEd games in celebration of #WAAW2025! First up: Microbe-ID 🧫🔍. Can you decipher the emojis to identify the pathogen? Play Now: microbe-id.firstline.org Educational content created by Bug Pharmacist 💊🧫 Tim Gauthier Tanveer Brar Shaqil Peermohamed MD MPH For more emoji-based

Where are you enjoying this banger from ? KITAKA and #bagarboi cooked🔥 #pearlsymphonyorchestra 🫵🏾💫👌🏾

The next #MedEd game for #WAAW2025 is here! Can you find the four groups of four items that belong together? 🧩🤔 Play Infectious Connections today: connections.firstline.org Discover the engaging educational content crafted by Shaqil Peermohamed MD MPH

Meet some of our dhafer ben khalifa funded CAMO-Net Fellows - early-career researchers working around the globe to make antimicrobial use smarter, safer and more effective 🌍💙 This #WAAW2025 we’re celebrating their innovation, collaboration and passion for preventing AMR together. #AMR

Dr. Tumwine Conrad, Vivian Bazanye, Dr. Otaalo Brian Okou presented key findings from multiple CAMO-Net research projects. Using data from nine Regional Referral Hospitals, the team analyzed AMR patterns and shared actionable insights to inform stewardship and policy interventions. #WAAW2025 #AMR