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...
Global increase in antimicrobial resistance and complexity of infectious disease make it essential to establish Antimicrobial Use Optimization Programs (PROA) in the community and hospital areas. These programs have the objective of optimizing prescription of antibiotics, guaranteeing optimal clinical results, minimizing adverse effects derived from their use, controlling the appearance...
• 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...
On May 30 and 31, an international meeting was held at the Panum Tower in Copenhagen of the HAPPY PATIENT project of the European Union, which fights against the arbitrary prescription of antibiotics in the 5 countries where it is most prevalent. HAPPY PATIENT (The Health Alliance for Prudent Prescription...
On 30-31 May an international conference was held in the Panum Tower of Copenhagen on the subject based on the EU project HAPPY PATIENT. Among others, Danish researchers from the University of Southern Denmark and the University of Copenhagen have been participating. Resistance to antibiotics is a growing problem with...
