Shaping Africa’s fight against antimicrobial resistance: insights from Prof. Shaheen Mehtar

Meet Shaheen Mehtar, professor of Infection Prevention and Control in South Africa. As a founding member of the Infection Control Africa Network, she has played a pivotal role in shaping infection control practices across the continent. In this interview, Prof. Mehtar discusses her work with the Global Point Prevalence Survey, the successes and challenges of implementing antimicrobial stewardship programs, and her hopes for improving IPC efforts in both hospital and outpatient settings.

続きを読むShaping Africa’s fight against antimicrobial resistance: insights from Prof. Shaheen Mehtar

A perspective on AMR by IPC specialist Dr. Biljana Carevic

Dr. Biljana Carevic, a pioneering hospital epidemiologist, has dedicated her career to infection control and antibiotic stewardship. In this interview, Biljana discusses her work, the challenges of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in Serbia versus Norway, and her ongoing efforts with the Global Point Prevalence Survey.

続きを読むA perspective on AMR by IPC specialist Dr. Biljana Carevic

Global-PPS at ESCMID Global 2024

Last Friday, the annual Global-PPS meeting in collaboration with bioMérieux took place on the occasion of ESCMID Global 2024, formerly known as ECCMID. Over 100 participants attended the hybrid meeting to learn more about the project’s activities, strategies and results. It was a special edition as Global-PPS also celebrated its 10 year anniversary!

続きを読むGlobal-PPS at ESCMID Global 2024

Addressing Antimicrobial Stewardship Challenges in Paediatric Patients in Hospitals in Sanandaj, Western Iran

A recent study compared antimicrobial prescribing patterns in paediatric patients from three hospitals in Sanandaj, Western Iran, with paediatric patients from hospitals in Southeast Asia and Europe. Standardised 2019 Global-PPS data were used.

続きを読むAddressing Antimicrobial Stewardship Challenges in Paediatric Patients in Hospitals in Sanandaj, Western Iran

Connecting Wales and Uganda: interview with Amanda Daniel

Read our interview with Amanda Daniel, Lead Nurse and IPC Specialist from Wales who worked in a Ugandan hospital to help identify antimicrobial prescribing rates. The implementation of the Global-PPS in Uganda highlighted both the challenges and opportunities in addressing AMR and improving infection prevention and control practices.

続きを読むConnecting Wales and Uganda: interview with Amanda Daniel

A Collaborative Effort in Antimicrobial Stewardship – Interview with Dr. Herberth Maldonado

We interviewed Dr. Herberth Maldonado from Guatemala, who has made great efforts in combatting antimicrobial resistance in his country. He shares his insights and experiences with Global-PPS, what challenges he faces and his hopes for the future.

続きを読むA Collaborative Effort in Antimicrobial Stewardship – Interview with Dr. Herberth Maldonado

Update on Nigerian Global-PPS network

Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), a tertiary care hospital in Nigeria, is a loyal member in the Global-PPS network with annual multiple participations since 2015. They have been using the Global-PPS data to create a hospital stewardship program and in August 2018, the Nigerian working group on AMS was established.

続きを読むUpdate on Nigerian Global-PPS network

Global-PPS WAAW 2023 campaign

Global-PPS is again joining the World Antibiotic Awareness Week, a global campaign improving awareness and understanding of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and encouraging best practices. This year’s theme is again ‘Preventing antimicrobial resistance together’. It focuses on a One Health approach and inspires collaboration across sectors. AMR is a threat to humans, animals, plants and the environment and fighting it is a global endeavour.

続きを読むGlobal-PPS WAAW 2023 campaign