World Antimicrobial Awareness Week draws attention to the urgent issue of tackling antimicrobial resistance (AMR). The EU is playing a pivotal role in the joint fight against AMR through several initiatives funded under the EU4Health programme.
This call for tenders aims to speed up the development of a point-of-care diagnostic medical device that can provide antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) results on the bacteria or fungi causing an infection in humans, within one hour or less from sample collection, and ideally, to also allow for pathogen identification.
During Antimicrobial Awareness Week, we have taken a look at EU4Health projects and initiatives managed by HaDEA that aim to combat antimicrobial resistance.
AMR is linked to the excessive and inappropriate use of antimicrobials in animal and human healthcare and accounts for around 33 000 human deaths in Europe every year. HaDEA manages several projects and initiatives contributing to the fight against AMR.
Join the one-day conference in Brussels to hear more about the results of the study and meet other national health authorities.
