#Handwashing is a basic and effective tool against infections.
If we do not become sick, we would not need to use #antimicrobials.
Encourage your loved ones to practice frequent #handwashing with soap under running water.
Do your part to prevent #AntimicrobialResistance
If we do not become sick, we would not need to use #antimicrobials.
Encourage your loved ones to practice frequent #handwashing with soap under running water.
Do your part to prevent #AntimicrobialResistance
#AntimicrobialResistance is a global health issue leading to the ineffectiveness of drugs against the illness they were developed to treat.
Health care practitioners should always conduct a test before prescribing treatment for a patient
Health care practitioners should always conduct a test before prescribing treatment for a patient
Misuse or overuse of #antibiotics💊 & other antimicrobials can reduce their effectiveness in treating common infections in animals & humans.
Everyone has a role to play to help fight #AntimicrobialResistance, do your part!
Everyone has a role to play to help fight #AntimicrobialResistance, do your part!
Dear Healthcare Workers,
Remember that many infections present with similar signs and symptoms. Always maintain a high index of suspicion.
To prevent #AntimicrobialResistance, conduct a test before you treat a patient.
Remember that many infections present with similar signs and symptoms. Always maintain a high index of suspicion.
To prevent #AntimicrobialResistance, conduct a test before you treat a patient.
#Antimicrobials are not always needed when you are feeling unwell.
Antibiotics should only be prescribed by healthcare professionals after an appropriate diagnostic test.
Be an #AntimicrobialResistance guardian
Antibiotics should only be prescribed by healthcare professionals after an appropriate diagnostic test.
Be an #AntimicrobialResistance guardian
Dear Healthcare Workers,
Remember that many infections present with similar signs and symptoms. Always maintain a high index of suspicion.
To prevent #AntimicrobialResistance, conduct a test before you treat a patient.
Remember that many infections present with similar signs and symptoms. Always maintain a high index of suspicion.
To prevent #AntimicrobialResistance, conduct a test before you treat a patient.
Sustained domestic funding for #InfectionPreventionandControl is an essential investment in the fight against healthcare-associated infections and #antimicrobialresistance.
Let's protect lives, support research, and safeguard our healthcare systems.
#TurnNigeriaOrange
#PreventHAIs
#FundIPC
Let's protect lives, support research, and safeguard our healthcare systems.
#TurnNigeriaOrange
#PreventHAIs
#FundIPC
#AntimicrobialResistance is when medicines like #antimalarials, tetracycline, septrin, and amoxicillin no longer treat diseases they cured previously.
Using antimicrobials "anyhow " is making the treatment of common infections more difficult.
Let us work together to save medicines.
#BeAntimicrobialsAware
Using antimicrobials "anyhow " is making the treatment of common infections more difficult.
Let us work together to save medicines.
#BeAntimicrobialsAware
#Antimicrobials are not always needed when you are feeling unwell.
Antibiotics should only be prescribed by healthcare professionals after an appropriate diagnostic test.
Be an #AntimicrobialResistance guardian
Antibiotics should only be prescribed by healthcare professionals after an appropriate diagnostic test.
Be an #AntimicrobialResistance guardian
The World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week #WAAW starts today
Every 18th - 24th of November is dedicated to improving awareness and understanding of #AntimicrobialResistance.
Join the global movement. Together, we can prevent #AntimicrobialResistance.
#AMRactionNG
Every 18th - 24th of November is dedicated to improving awareness and understanding of #AntimicrobialResistance.
Join the global movement. Together, we can prevent #AntimicrobialResistance.
#AMRactionNG
Every year, the National Antimicrobial Resistance Technical Working Group joins the global community to raise awareness of the dangers of misuse or overuse of #antimicrobials.
Fighting #AMR is a global endeavour that must be addressed through a #OneHealth approach as evident in this year's theme of #WAAW2023: ‘Preventing #AntimicrobialResistance together”
🔗Press Release
https://ncdc.gov.ng/news/504/nigeria-joins-the-global-community-to-commemorate-world-antimicrobial-awareness-week-%28waaw%29
Fighting #AMR is a global endeavour that must be addressed through a #OneHealth approach as evident in this year's theme of #WAAW2023: ‘Preventing #AntimicrobialResistance together”
🔗Press Release
https://ncdc.gov.ng/news/504/nigeria-joins-the-global-community-to-commemorate-world-antimicrobial-awareness-week-%28waaw%29