World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW) 2021

Overview

For raising awareness and understanding on Antimicrobial resistance to public, World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW) is celebrated each year from 18 to 24 November. WAAW 2021 adopted the theme “Spread awareness, stop resistance”. The overall motto remains the same as last year: “Antimicrobials: handle with care”. 

WAAW 2021 is an event to encourage all stakeholders, including policy makers, health care providers, professionals in health, agriculture, food production and other sector, as well as the general public, to recognize the threats and danger posed by antimicrobial resistance as well as to understand how to mitigate and to prevent it.