Read the Global-PPS newsletter — June 2020
The Global-PPS protocol is adapted to survey COVID-19 patients. The website is translated in French, Japanese, Russian and Spanish. More languages will follow. Read two nice stories on how the Global-PPS is rolled out [...]
Global-PPS data used for a PhD
Having a Ph.D. was a dream for me and it was yet to be fulfilled after my MPhil studies. This was enkindled by my interaction with Professor Azmi Hassali who came to Pakistan [...]
Global-PPS in Iran
The Global-PPS in Iran primarily started in 2015 in two large Iranian University cities, namely Shiraz and Kurdistan Universities of Medical Sciences, concurrently with the first global attempt for data collection about antibiotic consumption [...]
Global-PPS protocol adapted to allow surveillance of COVID-19 patients
As countries worldwide are faced with an unprecedented pandemic, there is a profound concern that widespread antibiotic use in COVID-19 patients could increase the selective pressure for antibiotic resistance. For this reason, we have [...]
New protocol – optional HAI module
The Global-PPS protocol has been updated with an optional Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI) module. This new module allows analyzing additional quality indicators, focusing on the presence of invasive devices. From September till December 2019, the old [...]
Grants in Antwerp
Three participants from Brazil, Egypt and The Philippines took a training on hospital-based interventions to contain antibiotic resistance in low-resource setting at the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp in collaboration with the Laboratory of Medical [...]
Global-PPS newsletter — December 2018
The Global-PPS moves ahead in 2019! Read more about past events and future plans in our first newsletter.
Global-PPS in the Lancet Global Health
Read the first overall Global-PPS results on antibiotic prescribing and resistance in adults, published in the Lancet Global Health. We invite Global-PPS participants to also publish their results. The Global-PPS team is happy to provide [...]
Global-PPS 2018
Three surveys are available in 2018 to allow investigating seasonal variation (January-April, May-August and September-December 2018). Any hospital is welcome to take part in one or more surveys in 2018! The Global-PPS will be presented [...]
New GLOBAL-PPS testimonies video
Participants from several countries gave testimony on the usefulness of GLOBAL-PPS in a new video.
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Learn how to use Point Prevalence Surveys (PPS)
A new E-learning module “how to use Point Prevalence Surveys (PPS) to measure antibiotic consumption and fight antimicrobial resistance” is now available on this Global-PPS website. The module is developed by BSAC (see also supporting [...]
50+ countries for Global-PPS!
More than 50 countries worldwide are now participating to the 2017 Global-PPS. Don’t hesitate to join us. See also the item Supporting organisations.
Don’t hesitate to sign up for the 2017 Global-PPS !
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The Global-PPS will be repeated next year!
Data collection and entry onto the Global-PPS program will be possible from January to June 2017. Any hospital is very welcome to join the survey and our network! The data collection templates are very similar [...]
Global-PPS posters presented at ECCMID
During the ECCMID congress, 15 different countries worldwide were able to present their results on the Global-PPS. We had a meeting, we shared our experiences, we discussed and we’ll move on ! Posters are now [...]
First Global-PPS results will be presented at ECCMID
The Global-PPS was successfully conducted in 2015 and included 335 institutions from 53 countries of 6 continents worldwide. The established global network for point prevalence surveys has many benefits at local, country and regional level. [...]