20/11/2025
World AMR Awareness Week (WAAW), held annually between 18–24 November, aims to increase awareness of global antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and encourage best practices among the general public, health workers and policy-makers to avoid the further emergence and spread of AMR.
AMR occurs when microorganisms, such as bacteria, viruses, parasites or fungi, change over time and become resistant to antimicrobial medicines to which they were previously susceptible. The rise of resistant pathogens is rendering once-treatable infections increasingly difficult and, in some cases, impossible to manage. Without effective interventions, AMR has the potential to reverse decades of medical progress, leading to increased morbidity, mortality and health-care costs.