Health policy and administrative management

Given the growing global crisis of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), control and prevention of AMR is critical for strengthening health system in the AP region. In particular, increasing awareness of AMR is essential to promote the appropriate antibiotic use which is the most important strategy to control AMR. Despite the serious situation of AMR in the region, however, there have been no adequate educational and campaign activities for this issue in many APEC economies, particularly in developing economies. In order to solve this issue, our previous APEC project (S HWG 02 12A) was successfully performed and has established the concept and contents of the international campaign program, named as "Campaign 4" in the AP region. The proposed APEC project is aimed to implement the international campaign program to increase the awareness of AMR in the region using various campaign contents, including e-learning program, video clips, posters, leaflets, etc., which were developed from the previous APEC project. Pre- and post-campaign evaluation of the awareness will be included in the project to promote capacity building to tackle AMR in the region. The project will obviously contribute to enhance the preparedness against AMR, leading to enhanced human security in APEC economies.

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