The reason we started this blog, and the Facebook presence that preceded it, hasn’t gone away. There are still not enough new antibiotics in preparation to meet the growing threat of microbial resistance. The reasons-misuses, over-prescription, abuses in farming, to name but a few-are well-known to readers of this blog. And you know by know what the consequences will be.
Fortunately, the world is far more aware of this problem than it was in 2015. A World Antibiotic Awareness Week(18-24 November) has been launched, and we hope you will try to find ways to help in your country, wherever that might be. One useful jumping off point might be the site of Antibiotic Research UK [1]. This marvellous organisation, originally founded by the great Professor Colin Garner, was an early pioneer both in raising awareness and starting to look for solutions. So here we shamelessly lift some ideas from their site. We hope they might be of use.
1 Go Blue This one is in partnership with the World Health Organisation. You could wear blue clothes, plug it on your screensaver or on your media feeds-even get your colleagues to do the same. Here’s the ideas link:
2 Bake some cakes We scraped this straight from their page. Good ideas, though
Take inspiration from the students at Strathclyde University and University of Glasgow who have set up their own AMR Societies and will be holding bake sales and themed lectures to raise money. While the UCL School of Pharmacy Society will be helping with an educational stand in the Great Ormond Street Hospital canteen………….
3 Visit their website via this link
4 Donate. They have already kicked off some great research projects. And the more you give, the bigger and better shall these become! So, go on, especially UK readers. Here’s your chance to make a real difference to future generations.
What’ stopping you?
[1]https://www.antibioticresearch.org.uk
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