IPOPI joins antimicrobial awareness campaign

 

The World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW), observed yearly from November 18–24, aims to increase public knowledge of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and encourage best practices among stakeholders to reduce the emergence and spread of drug-resistant pathogens. To curb AMR effectively, all sectors must use antimicrobials prudently and adopt other preventive measures. Without effective antimicrobials, the success of modern medicine in treating infections would be at increased risk.

IPOPI is a campaign partner

WAAW is organised in partnership with European Antibiotic Awareness Day (EAAD), and IPOPI is engaging in both WAAW and the EAAD to benefit patients with primary immunodeficiencies who depend heavily on antibiotics. In addition to joining the campaign as an EAAD partner, Jose Drabwell from the IPOPI Board will represent IPOPI at the campaign’s launch event on November 17 and offer input from the PID perspective.

For a large portion of individuals with primary immunodeficiency, antibiotic prophylaxis is required for a significant period of their lives in order to fight or prevent infections, lower the risk of hospitalization and enhance their quality of life. Since resistant bacteria complicate PID management, antimicrobial resistance is a growing problem for these patients. IPOPI is participating in this international effort to prevent antimicrobial resistance and ensure that they continue to be effective for patients in need.

See IPOPI’s previous work on antibiotic awareness

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New video series on primary immunodeficiencies

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IPOPI is launching a new educational video series on primary immunodeficiencies. With this new series, IPOPI intends to raise awareness of these disorders and encourage discussions about the value of early detection and accessibility to treatment. In recent years, IPOPI has increasingly used videos to foster a better understanding of PIDs among stakeholders and to increase public awareness of PIDs.

The series covers three topics:

Subtitles are available in 10 languages

IPOPI hopes that this educational video series will help raise awareness about the need for improved access to treatment and diagnosis for PID patients. To make them accessible in as many countries as possible, subtitles are available in English, Arabic, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, French, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian and Spanish. Special thanks go to our national member organisations PID Care China, Hajar Morocco, Iris France, IDF Denmark, SAS Netherlands, ARPID Romania and AIP Italy for providing subtitles and enabling more people to benefit from these videos.

This series has been made possible thanks to an unrestrictive grant from Takeda.

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