In Europe, nearly 35,000 people die each year due to antimicrobial resistance, mainly caused by inappropriate antibiotic use, as reflected in data from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. This is a global public health problem, which the World Health Organization (WHO) has already identified as one of...
The HAPPY PATIENT team is joining World Antibiotic Awareness Week. Specifically, Maarten Lambert and Katja Taxis have been invited to an event organized by the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP). This Monday, Lambert was one of five panelists presenting some results of the HAPPY PATIENT project in a webinar with around...
The coordinator of HAPPY PATIENT, Dr. Carl Llor, researcher at IDIAP Jordi Gol and family doctor, explains in this interview his role in the project and everything that working on it for three years alongside professionals from around Europe has brought to him. HAPPY PATIENT emerges as a standout initiative...
In Europe, around 35,000 individuals die annually to antimicrobial resistance, primarily stemming from the inappropriate use of antibiotics. This poses a public health dilemma necessitating immediate actions to safeguard the well-being of the population. In this context, HAPPY PATIENT has played a role in enhancing the correct prescription and dispensation...
For the past 3 years, HAPPY PATIENT has been working intensely to reduce the inappropriate use of antibiotics in four clinical settings (primary care, out-of-hours services, nursing homes and community pharmacies) by implementing interventions for healthcare professionals in 5 european countries (France, Greece, Lithuania, Poland and Spain). Now, HAPPY PATIENT...
On June 8th and 9th, the partners of the HAPPY PATIENT project gathered in Copenhagen to assess the progress of this project, which started in 2021 and will run until the end of this year, 2023. Around thirty professionals from different parts of Europe gathered at the University of Copenhagen...
Last week, the Research Institute in Primary Healthcare IDIAPJGol and the Catalan Institute of Health (ICS) presented their Annual Awards for "Research in Primary Health Care IDIAPJGol-ICS". A total of 23 researchers were awarded in different categories.
• One of the research lines of the HAPPY PATIENT European project is to develop a strategy to improve communication between professionals and patients. • As the celebration of the European Day for the Prudent Use of Antibiotics approaches on November 18, it is worth remembering that the adequacy of...
Last 11 November about 40 health care professionals - mostly family doctors/general practitioners participated in the first training of the project On November 11, the Lithuanian colleagues of the HAPPY PATIENT project carried out their first intervention in the country. During it, the communication materials made by the consortium were...
The first session of the HAPPY PATIENT Communication skills: Training the trainers for the countries taking part in the project took place yesterday, 13 September afternoon. The topic addressed was the need to integrate communication skills into clinical practice and, more specifically, when deciding on the prescription of antibiotics. Nieves Barragán and Lucía Arias, as members of the Spanish Society of Family and...
