World Antibiotic Awareness

National campaign for World Antibiotic Awareness Week

For the occasion of the World Antibiotic Week (18-24 November 2019), the WHO Lebanon Country Office and the Ministry of Public Health, in collaboration with Modern University for Business and Sciences (MUBS) implemented an awareness raising campaign about Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). Three booths were set-up and nine trained front-liners approached mall-goers and talked to them about AMR, distributed flyers, invited them to participate in activities and take pictures using WAAW props.

The Lebanese Medical Students International Committee (LeMSIC) supported the campaign; 90 LeMSIC members volunteered at the booths with the MUBS front -liners. Over the course of the week, the booths rotated across Lebanon in 11 malls and more than 17000 mall-goers were approached.

Moreover, WHO and the MOPH launched a TV and radio sport highlighting the following three main messages; a caregiver consulting a physician before giving their child antibiotics, pharmacists not selling antibiotics unless a prescription is available, and physicians prescribing antibiotics only when necessary.

Source:

Organization, World Health. (2019, November). National campaign for World Antibiotic Awareness Week. Walk The Talk(3), 1. Retrieved from WHO November 2019 Newsletter.

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