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...
Organized by the consortium partner, Universidad de las Palmas de Gran Canaria, and its Fundación Parque Tecnológico, the meeting highlighted the work done in recent months and designed the strategies for the final section of the project. The afternoon of the first day of the meeting, January 26, 2023, was...
• 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...
The HAPPY PATIENT European project, The Health Alliance for Prudent Prescription and Yield of Antibiotics from a Patient-Centred Perspective, has taken another step forward in its goal of reducing the arbitrary prescription of antibiotics in 4 target countries of the European Union where this type of prescription is higher (Spain, France, Greece and Poland,...
Ana Moragas is a Family Doctor and a researcher in the field of Infectious Diseases. She is also working closely with HAPPY PATIENT as a member of both IDIAPJGol and semFYC. We had the chance to interview her before her presentation at the 42nd Spanish Conference which was held in...
Member States have given their support to the establishment of a list designating antimicrobials to be reserved exclusively for treating certain infections in people. This means that these antimicrobials cannot be used in animals under any circumstances. The sale of veterinary medicinal products containing these antimicrobials will be prohibited. Through...
The HAPPY PATIENT project was presented in the 22nd Nordic Conference of General Practice which took place in Stavanger, Norway, from the 21 to 23 of June 2022. The HAPPY PATIENT symposium was in the biggest room of the congress venue (Mastrafjorden A) and during the one an a half...
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...
